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  • Re: New Self-Sustainable Home Build Project

    To get a better lifespan out of your LFP battery you should limit the maximum charge current to 0.5C (200A for a 400Ah battery) and a maximum discharge power of 1.0C. One reason I asked if you knew …
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  • Re: Simple LiFePO4 battery bank for DIY?

    I totally agree, from my own experience and the experience of the vast majority of people who post on line who have set their LFP batteries up properly in the first place is that balancing is just n…
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  • Re: Simple LiFePO4 battery bank for DIY?

    The problem with allot of these graphs and studies is how do we relate them to our systems. What are the test conditions for the graph from a few posts ago. If it is cycles at 100%DOD cycling and a c…
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  • Re: Battery Upgrade

    I had a look at the documentation on your battery, looks like a nice battery. I really liked to see the spec saying the battery lifespan in Ah cycled through it rather than in number of cycles! It is…
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  • Re: LiFePO4 balancing / voltage limiting

    The problem is that you cannot have an LFP battery balanced at both the top and bottom unless all the cells have exactly the same capacity which is unlikely. If you have it bottom balanced you have t…
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