Battle Born LiFePo Batteries
About every six months I check to see what is out there for batteries as I really want to replace my 2 80AH Lifeline 6v in series that are wired up in the bed of the truck. Recently just noticed this ...
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2oldman wrote:skipro3 wrote:Interesting conclusion.
So as long as conventional batteries are going to be abused, the Li's make sense.
There is a lot of truth in this. Many rv batteries are treated poorly as charging is not adequate and SOC is determined by the factory 1/3 2/3 3/3 gauges. Led acid batteries require regular full charges and equalization charges that can be far and few between (or never) if relying on a generator as a primary means of charging. With multistage charging it can take a long time to finish the charge to 100%. That could mean running the generator for many hours or plugging in regularly.
In addition many rv charge converters often don't have an equalization charge or charge at voltages recommended by manufacturers like trojan.
Excellent read on rv battery charging
LFP posses many advantages. Maybe the chief one is that they do not need full charging. Partial states of charge are just fine and it doesn't matter if you hang around low percentages for indefinite periods of time.
