Basics of Lithium conversion... I'm lost!
I did a search and it's mostly Greek... to me. I'd like to know the key points for, hopefully, a straight across lead/acid to lithium conversion. My old Flow-Rite watering system just overflowed 2 c...
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pianotuna wrote:
phemens,
Nice post on aluminum heat sink dissipation.
I think the trust of the recent posts is how to keep the batteries warm in cold weather. (which is what keeps me from using them)
Yes, but I think that's largely overstated as an issue for 95% of people that are the potential target market. Your use case evidently is extreme, which means that chemistry isn't for you!
In my case we camp on a remote piece of property without any services and need the batteries & solar to function continuously to keep the residential fridge going 24/7. We're also not there for several days at a time, so I need something that is relatively fool proof.
There are a few weeks in the spring and fall where the temperature drops enough that if I didn't warm the batteries, the Victron sensor would prevent the MPPTs from charging (I set the cutoff for 5C, which is conservative). The warming mat and insulation see me through but I can't speculate on whether it would be sufficient for much colder temparatures. Were that the case I would probably opt to add a beefier heater and fan.
