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,
Unless you plan on camping below -4 F (-20 c) I would NOT use those blankets.egarant wrote:
I am going to wrap my batteries in a battery blanket that will help insulate them from heat and cold.
Like these two:
Battery Blanket 1
Battery Blanket 2
I think I would have to agree, especially in warm weather climates. The batteries when charging generate a certain amount of heat and if you wrap them up in an insulated blanket, you will trap that heat in. You want as much ventilation as possible in warm weather.
In cold weather, if you are going to be consistently in extreme environments that are below the operating temps of the battery I think I would look for a way to put the battery in a heated compartment first before going to a blanket. The coldest temps will be seen at night when you likely will not be charging and thus won't have the internal heat generated to make the blankets effective.
The nice thing about these LiFePo batteries is the BMS system takes the guesswork out for you by preventing charging in temps beyond what is safe.
