MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Each chemistry has it's own quirks. With lithium, I have no idea at all if the battery could withstand max absorbsion voltage inrush. There's a question of monitoring temperature that I have not studied. A few months ago I looked online for white papers on the subject but ran into a blank wall. There is more to the subject than meets the eye. I do not trust vendor "sales-before-logic" rhetoric.
A power supply that may be forward compatible with other chemistrys would be good, if at all possible, in the parameter designs. Maybe look at PD's product lineup now, with lithium batteries in the mix.
Or play dumb, call them up, ask the engineers some questions about the differences in charging of various battery chemistry? PD and IOTA for starters?