Battery relocation project - BF10.4
At the risk of being accused of trolling (:)) I thought those of you with a BF 10.x might be interested. I bought my camper without batteries. The original compartment is nice and large with conven...
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Good point about the commonality of fuses.
Question on the Odysseys - one purported advantage is that the absorption phase continues much higher (in terms of State Of Charge) therefore the recharge time is lower. The Lifelines will take more current than you can possibly give them when the SOC is between about 50% and 80%. On my boat where I have a very large alternator they will take 250 amps for quite a while. But they start to taper back at about 80% SOC and by 90% SOC they are down to only around 50 or 60 amps. The last 20% takes quite a while to put back in. I have heard that the Odysseys continue to charge at a high rate right up to near 100% - have you observed this? Also claimed of LiFe batteries, but I am waiting for a little more proven experience with them before I dump that kind of cash.
This is particularly important because AGMs seem to require a 100% completed charge periodically or they will die young. That requires either plugging in overnight or driving for maybe 6 hours.
Question on the Odysseys - one purported advantage is that the absorption phase continues much higher (in terms of State Of Charge) therefore the recharge time is lower. The Lifelines will take more current than you can possibly give them when the SOC is between about 50% and 80%. On my boat where I have a very large alternator they will take 250 amps for quite a while. But they start to taper back at about 80% SOC and by 90% SOC they are down to only around 50 or 60 amps. The last 20% takes quite a while to put back in. I have heard that the Odysseys continue to charge at a high rate right up to near 100% - have you observed this? Also claimed of LiFe batteries, but I am waiting for a little more proven experience with them before I dump that kind of cash.
This is particularly important because AGMs seem to require a 100% completed charge periodically or they will die young. That requires either plugging in overnight or driving for maybe 6 hours.
