lithium question
Can you charge lithium batteries with a regular charger or do I need to buy a special charger?
Forum Discussion
pianotuna wrote:
BFL13,
Given that SiO2 can do 4C continuously, and can be taken to 0% state of charge, why would you suggest that it takes 2 SiO2 to equal 1 LiFePo4?
Didn't mean to say that, if I did. You can use the one LFP or SiO2 with its own inverter to run the MW etc, and use the existing FLA bank for the rest.
100AH is just not enough of any kind of battery bank for a weekend off-grid in the winter. If you don't have the FLA bank you need two LFPs (no mixing--second must also be LFP) or two SiO2s ( might get away with mixing types with them, but not for me thanks) to run it all.
Two FLAs can't run the MW like one of those others can with its high discharge rating, and you still need lots of AH for normal furnace running etc, so that means two of the expensive ones to get just 200AH.
Weight is an issue for these guys with small RVs or they could just have four 6s. That means LFP for the single MW one.
