More on LFP Charging
Some "sales" statements here, but also some possibly good info of interest. One thing is they found longest life (most cycles) was to charge at 14.4v but at lower amps at 0.3C. Some LFP owners o...
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I believe because the industry is still stuck in dead lead thinking and why not the vast majority of rvs still believe in killing the lead batteries and go buy cheap replacements. Nothing wrong with that because it fits their needs and wallet.
I think once you enter into larger battery bank and want to power high draw items you can't beat a programmable inverter/ charger. Yes it cost a little more but the user has entered into a higher cost battery that could be a truely set it and forget system if that fits their wants. Some folks like to tinker with the system.
With my system which has been powered on for 2,279 days (inverter/ charger never been turned off), 2,095 days have been boondocking. The 184 days that were hooked up to a power pole I would turn off the 120v charger but leaver the loadshare set to 15a, 30a or 50a depending on incoming ac power and let the 12v loads be powered from the batteries, solar would top off batteries and float at 13.6v while the 120v is passing through to power the rig. Doing it this way if the rv park did lose power I still have full batteries and I go on enjoying the convenience of everything in the trailer uninterrupted. Which has happened a couple times, once the rv park owners came around and apologized for the power lose but we didn't even know it till I looked at the displays.
Nice having choices.
I think once you enter into larger battery bank and want to power high draw items you can't beat a programmable inverter/ charger. Yes it cost a little more but the user has entered into a higher cost battery that could be a truely set it and forget system if that fits their wants. Some folks like to tinker with the system.
With my system which has been powered on for 2,279 days (inverter/ charger never been turned off), 2,095 days have been boondocking. The 184 days that were hooked up to a power pole I would turn off the 120v charger but leaver the loadshare set to 15a, 30a or 50a depending on incoming ac power and let the 12v loads be powered from the batteries, solar would top off batteries and float at 13.6v while the 120v is passing through to power the rig. Doing it this way if the rv park did lose power I still have full batteries and I go on enjoying the convenience of everything in the trailer uninterrupted. Which has happened a couple times, once the rv park owners came around and apologized for the power lose but we didn't even know it till I looked at the displays.
Nice having choices.
