LiFePO4 Converter Change?
I just want to switch from lead acid to lithium, not upgrade wires and everything else. Finding a new replacement board for my WF-8955PEC seems to be complicated. Straight 14.6V continuous boost singl...
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Grit dog wrote:In the lead-cell world, I agree.
^ Are single stage battery chargers of any flavor a thing anymore? Whether talking converters, typical automotive chargers, marine chargers or small power equipment chargers/maintainers…
Every charger I’ve bought for the last 20lbs years has been a smart charger (well except the WFCO, it’s the Dollar Store of battery chargers and it came with the last RV I bought and it purports to be a smart charger as well. It’s just learning disabled…hence the recommendations here to get something else).
In the lifepo4 world, not so much. Look closely at the "lithium/lifepo4 approved" converters and chargers now on the market. Many are single-stage (single voltage) 14.6v chargers. For instance, Progressive Dynamic, one of the largest OEM converter/charger manufacturers for the RV market, didn't start offering multi-stage (multi-voltage) lifepo4 converters/chargers until a year or so ago. There's still a large inventory of single-stage Progressive Dynamic lifepo4 converters still being sold.
