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It sure has been, the lifep04 batterys are nice small packaging and alot of power, a lead acid bank would be huge compared for the same energy. Thought they also have some down sides in my opinion.
Nice! Yeah cold's not good. No charging below 0F and no discharging below -4F. The BMS should take care of all that though. Don't know what the manual might say about charging voltage but I wouldn't let the charger get above 14.2 volts. It can sit there for an hour or so for absorption. 14.6 is the max for a 12v battery but it'll degrade the battery sooner to charge it to full capacity but it can be charged to the limit. LFP also doesn't like to be left at full charge all the time either. 50% is their sweet spot but that doesn't mean you have to leave it there. Just use it and let it discharge. After you figure out your usage you can balance when you need to charge it and when to turn off the charging for a while to let it drain. All that just helps you get a good long life out of your battery which should certainly be well over ten years.
Thank you, yes the bms controls the heater and the discharge and what not. Manual said 14.2 max 14.6, that was mostly for normal fokes who don't understand as their lead acid chargers can get way over that if dead enough. Right now with the cold it barley charges anyway so it's up and down, editing videos helps balance as that's a long draw and should use about 20% of the charge so a good way to bounce it around. I have had to charge it a few times as the solar won't do a thing when it's not sunny, but I only charge it up to say 40% or something I never do full charge as that's running to long and costs fuel I just do enough to float it. Thank you, I am new to lfp, I have lithium in my cordless tools but the lfp is new as everyone I know that had solar has lead acid weather it be deep cycle batterys or a forklift battery.
Do you mean from the panel to the battery bank or from battery to load? The wire from the panel to battery is oem by the manufacturer of the solar panel, from the battery to load is factory to the rv trailer. I have not changed any wires just used what was provided to me by the factory.
I think most of the wiring is 12 guage, the solar panel is only 100 W so under 9 Amp at full capacity, the lights are all led and if we have every single one on its somewhere under 3 Amp total.
You also need to take into consideration the age of the camper and making sure none of the wiring has been chewed by mice. Just want you to be safe for you and your family.
Thank you, yes it's an 89 or 90 I forget. It's been like this for I think 3 or 4 years I forget, we ripped rhe inverter out when we bought the trailer in preparation for moving it here. That's also why I was using the smallest Fuse possible as a 3 or 5 amp is nothing and could easily pop if anything every happened. We don't use the 120v side so unsure on that, we just have a small clamp on inverter for any 120ac things. Thank you for the concern, it's deffinatly a concern of ours as well and we were deffinalty skidish at first to even test the wiring.
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Thank you very much!
Nice upgrade!!
Thank you, it sure has made a world of difference over the old junk batterys!
@offgridandunorganized I bet it has,so nice..
It sure has been, the lifep04 batterys are nice small packaging and alot of power, a lead acid bank would be huge compared for the same energy. Thought they also have some down sides in my opinion.
@offgridandunorganized Good to know.
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Nice! Yeah cold's not good. No charging below 0F and no discharging below -4F. The BMS should take care of all that though. Don't know what the manual might say about charging voltage but I wouldn't let the charger get above 14.2 volts. It can sit there for an hour or so for absorption. 14.6 is the max for a 12v battery but it'll degrade the battery sooner to charge it to full capacity but it can be charged to the limit. LFP also doesn't like to be left at full charge all the time either. 50% is their sweet spot but that doesn't mean you have to leave it there. Just use it and let it discharge. After you figure out your usage you can balance when you need to charge it and when to turn off the charging for a while to let it drain. All that just helps you get a good long life out of your battery which should certainly be well over ten years.
Thank you, yes the bms controls the heater and the discharge and what not. Manual said 14.2 max 14.6, that was mostly for normal fokes who don't understand as their lead acid chargers can get way over that if dead enough. Right now with the cold it barley charges anyway so it's up and down, editing videos helps balance as that's a long draw and should use about 20% of the charge so a good way to bounce it around. I have had to charge it a few times as the solar won't do a thing when it's not sunny, but I only charge it up to say 40% or something I never do full charge as that's running to long and costs fuel I just do enough to float it. Thank you, I am new to lfp, I have lithium in my cordless tools but the lfp is new as everyone I know that had solar has lead acid weather it be deep cycle batterys or a forklift battery.
With solar they recommended you use 10 gauge wire
Do you mean from the panel to the battery bank or from battery to load? The wire from the panel to battery is oem by the manufacturer of the solar panel, from the battery to load is factory to the rv trailer. I have not changed any wires just used what was provided to me by the factory.
Just be careful.👍
I think most of the wiring is 12 guage, the solar panel is only 100 W so under 9 Amp at full capacity, the lights are all led and if we have every single one on its somewhere under 3 Amp total.
You also need to take into consideration the age of the camper and making sure none of the wiring has been chewed by mice. Just want you to be safe for you and your family.
Thank you, yes it's an 89 or 90 I forget. It's been like this for I think 3 or 4 years I forget, we ripped rhe inverter out when we bought the trailer in preparation for moving it here. That's also why I was using the smallest Fuse possible as a 3 or 5 amp is nothing and could easily pop if anything every happened. We don't use the 120v side so unsure on that, we just have a small clamp on inverter for any 120ac things. Thank you for the concern, it's deffinatly a concern of ours as well and we were deffinalty skidish at first to even test the wiring.