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Charging Lithium Batteries Vs Charging AGM Batteries
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<blockquote data-quote="condor22" data-source="post: 610517" data-attributes="member: 1932"><p>The Voltech has 2 LiFePo4 settings, one has an Absorption of 14.6 V the other at 14.4 V. Both float at 13.6. However, as and when I go Lithium, I'm going to use power supply mode at 13.8 V at the full 30 A setting, as it is a better voltage to charge and float for the battery I'll buy.</p><p></p><p>The battery's inbuilt BMS will regulate the current and the charger will only give what the battery wants.</p><p></p><p>FYI - I checked the specs of the Voltech, the current draw at its full 30 A charge capacity is 2.5 amps (600 W). So when run from a 2kVA genny at the same time as a microwave it's over the genny's constant power rating. So I switch it off on the remote head when in that scenario, keeping in mind it's set to 70% output and not necessarily in Bulk mode anyway.</p><p></p><p>I used my clamp ammeter on a test cable when on my mates system and when it was floating and providing 3 amps @ 12 V to the TV, the 240 VAC load hovered between 0.2 and 0.3 amps @ 240 VAC with the battery floating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="condor22, post: 610517, member: 1932"] The Voltech has 2 LiFePo4 settings, one has an Absorption of 14.6 V the other at 14.4 V. Both float at 13.6. However, as and when I go Lithium, I'm going to use power supply mode at 13.8 V at the full 30 A setting, as it is a better voltage to charge and float for the battery I'll buy. The battery's inbuilt BMS will regulate the current and the charger will only give what the battery wants. FYI - I checked the specs of the Voltech, the current draw at its full 30 A charge capacity is 2.5 amps (600 W). So when run from a 2kVA genny at the same time as a microwave it's over the genny's constant power rating. So I switch it off on the remote head when in that scenario, keeping in mind it's set to 70% output and not necessarily in Bulk mode anyway. I used my clamp ammeter on a test cable when on my mates system and when it was floating and providing 3 amps @ 12 V to the TV, the 240 VAC load hovered between 0.2 and 0.3 amps @ 240 VAC with the battery floating. [/QUOTE]
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