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jaycocreek
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Apr 06, 2021

Victron smart shunt vs lifepo4 battery question?

I got my smart shunt and hooked it up,then waited 24hr to fully charge my battery with my Noco genius charger on the lithium setting watching the numbers closely(boring) until the charger stopped charging supposedly when full on lithium...

Today I started to draw the battery down from 100%..The starting voltage was 13.59V according to the Victron..Then this..

Does this seem normal for just running the 12V TV/DVD player through a 300 watt PSW and the TV on 12V?..It seems it drew down the battery in voltage more than I would have guessed as the history shows..





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  • It appears the shunt thinks the battery has 110AH.

    Time remaining after an hour at about 2.5 amps is 43 hrs it says. (24 +19) and it already used 2.5AH, so 43 x 2.5 =107.5 + 2.5 = 110AH.

    Can't remember what your LFP is rated at in AH.
  • I understood it was Li. You should be able to charge it in under 2 hours with a 'standard' charger. 24 hours is way too long. I never bother charging mine to 100% (float) as they really don't need it, and besides, my inverter will conk out with an 'overvoltage' error if I do.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    I see nothing wrong with those numbers, but I am kinda surprised to see a 'resting' 12v battery above 13v. Is it still being charged?

    24 hours to fully charge? Must be a small charger. Very small.


    Sorry,I should have added Lifepo4 as being the battery..The charger is a Noco Genius 10 amp smart charger with a lithium setting..I have a Lifepo4 charger on the way that charges to 14.4 volts instead of 14.6..

    With the Noco Genius 10 and the LFP battery at 13.1 volts,it took about two hours to charge to 14.4 volts,at the start,it was taking the whole 10 amps then down and down to under an amp before it finished and turned off..I sat and watched it the whole time thinking maybe the charger is messing up after the weird bluetooth numbers from the battery bluetooth.
  • That looks right. The 'resting' voltage for a LiFePO4 is around 13.2 - 13.3 for SOC between 98 and 10%. 13.19V under a small load seems to be right on the money.
  • I see nothing wrong with those numbers, but I am kinda surprised to see a 'resting' 12v battery above 13v. Is it still being charged?

    24 hours to fully charge? Must be a small charger. Very small.