lithium question
Can you charge lithium batteries with a regular charger or do I need to buy a special charger?
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pianotuna wrote:time2roll wrote:pianotuna wrote:I am not sure I understand this statement.
You can. But you won't get the same number of cycles. There are a whole bunch of hoops to jump through if that is the goal.
Charging to maybe 95% with 13.6 volts should yield more longevity in a lithium battery.
For MAXIMUM cycles charge starting at 40% and stop charging at 90%. How do you manage that with a wfco?
your still trying to apply that old chemisty li limitations to the newer LFP requirments eh. I thought we alread edjmacated you on that. to getmaximum life you can still charge to 100% but dont go below 20% and dont excede 0.25C charge rate, with a proper charger made for LFP, or 1C discharge rate. 0.25 charge rate isnt a big deal as I doubt anyone is going to hit it unless you only have a 100 amp battery in a unit, put 300 to 400amp hours in and I dout you will ever get over 25% . even then the rated 4000 cycles (average) is based off 100% discharge and charge at 1C rates for both... Im good with 4000 cycles min..
