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cruz-in
Explorer
Aug 16, 2019

Solar, Alternator/Starting Battery and Lithium Solution

Hi Team, I already have solar on my RV. Am in the process of adding lithium Batteries. So I needed a new charge controller (lithium compatible) and an isolation from the vehicles alternator/st...
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Aug 17, 2019
The unit apparently expects both battery banks to be the same type and not mixed FLA and Li. Normally the alternator will quickly charge the FLA engine battery and drop to 13.4V, what does the unit do for charging the Li at 14.4V with minimum solar due to clouds and nighttime.

My engine battery has very little usage when boondocking so I'd have no reason for solar to charge it with this unit.

In my quick review of the manual I wanted more information but perhaps I need to read again.

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