Solar with Lithium Battery
I will be purchasing a Battle Born lithium battery in a month or so. My truck camper came with a solar charge controller, inverter and I can simply drop the new battery in place of the lead acid one b...
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Steve,
Many of our brethren survive happily on 200 amp-hours. SiO2 weight penalty is insignificant as most RV's can manage the space for 2 group 27 jars (total weight 120 lbs).
My OEM configuration was for 7 group 31 batteries, so I'll be going down in weight and up in capacity.
My personal choice is to never have a secondary battery of large capacity in my living quarters, and definitely not under a bed.
I'm sure you will be happy with your LiFePo4's.
I personally find them far to finicky and the information is all over the lot. There doesn't seem to be unbiased third party testing, so worst case there might only be 40% to 90% (on a 100 amp-hour jar that works out to 50 amp-hours *IF* you wish maximum cycle life). Other comments are 0% to 100%.
The real life testing has only just begun--and the folks who are using them are intelligent and careful folks. Whether LiFePo4 can survive the guy who just wants to "set it and forget it" for now remains unknown.
It will be interesting to see what comes down the battery pipe next--but I'll not need to know, as I doubt I'll be RV'ing for another 16 years.
Many of our brethren survive happily on 200 amp-hours. SiO2 weight penalty is insignificant as most RV's can manage the space for 2 group 27 jars (total weight 120 lbs).
My OEM configuration was for 7 group 31 batteries, so I'll be going down in weight and up in capacity.
My personal choice is to never have a secondary battery of large capacity in my living quarters, and definitely not under a bed.
I'm sure you will be happy with your LiFePo4's.
I personally find them far to finicky and the information is all over the lot. There doesn't seem to be unbiased third party testing, so worst case there might only be 40% to 90% (on a 100 amp-hour jar that works out to 50 amp-hours *IF* you wish maximum cycle life). Other comments are 0% to 100%.
The real life testing has only just begun--and the folks who are using them are intelligent and careful folks. Whether LiFePo4 can survive the guy who just wants to "set it and forget it" for now remains unknown.
It will be interesting to see what comes down the battery pipe next--but I'll not need to know, as I doubt I'll be RV'ing for another 16 years.
