Voltage drop on inverter
I have a Samlex 3012 inverter charger that is powered by 4 x 100 ah LIFEPo4 batteries. Each of the batteries is wired separately to a bus bar using 00 welding cable, this bus bar feeds another one tha...
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BFL13 wrote:
So in amongst all that, how do you shut off the Li bank at home at 80% SOC, and run on just the converter for 12v? Does your co-pilot have to read you the check-off list?
Lol, no checklist required. The battery mfg confirmed that it's fine to keep the SOC above 80% (even at 100%) for a few weeks at a time. Right now when at home I have the charger set to kick in at 12.8V (which will almost never happen), and the solar controllers are kept on. The RV is stored in a pretty shaded area, so the batteries top up during the day but not fully and at night the parasitic draw on 12V (I keep extra 12v accessories on to help out) draws them down enough to exercise them properly. While camping that's not an issue since we regularly draw down to ~ 80% overnight.
