More on LFP Charging
Some "sales" statements here, but also some possibly good info of interest. One thing is they found longest life (most cycles) was to charge at 14.4v but at lower amps at 0.3C. Some LFP owners o...
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BFL13 wrote:
Some graphs here of interest. Scroll down. One has the Absorption SOCs for some lower C rates.
These guys seem to have a clue, lots of interesting (IMO) posts on some of the things being discussed here.
https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/351996/charging-lfp-lifepo4-batteries-to-90-soc-or-not
Im not sure I like the way they call charging to 100% overcharging, its not. overcharging is when you exceed the voltage that gives you 100% charge.
I just spent the last 10 days on the island and never got below 96% and was back up to 100% before 9am every day. I have no issues going to 100% on my solar charger as I am camping and it is always drawn down that night so in my mind I am not storing it. the last day I turned off my panels and left it at 97% and turned a light on for the entire drive from pender Island to kamloops, was 96% when I got home :R but I'll leave it there till the night before I go camping again and top it off, or if I have a deicent drive I will just leave it and turn the solar on so it charges while I travel. I have my solar charger set to 14.4V charge and 13.6 float and so far I am very impressed with the setup.
