Pulled the Trigger on LiFePo4
After much thought and a few posts in the past, I have finally pulled the trigger on a 12v, 100AH Battle Born LiFePo4 battery for my 2001 Bigfoot 10.6. It will be arriving on Wednesday and I will be i...
Forum Discussion
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
I've personally charged lead acid flooded jars at -37 c (-34 f). What is necessary is adequate temperature compensated charging voltage.
If you did that to an LI it would either refuse (bms) or be destroyed.adamis wrote:
I'm not sure there are many batteries that would be very happy in as cold of an environment as you would encounter on a regular basis.
I think if there is one inherent advantage to LiFePo batteries is the integrated Battery Monitoring System (BMS) that takes the guesswork out of charging and discharging. The BattleBorn BMS has built in high and low temperature protection so I won't have to worry about accidentally damaging the batteries in cold weather.
BMS systems could be deployed to lead acid batteries as well but I don't think we will see that very soon because manufacturers would have to change their AH capacity to be truthful to what the BMS will allow discharge to without causing long term damage to the capacity. This is typically around ~50% of rated capacity pus or minus a few points?
On another note... Just got the battery in the mail yesterday. Will be picking up the camper from the storage yard today or tomorrow to install. I'll take some pictures to share as I work on it.
