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Re: Lifepo4 replacement quandary
You are correct, to the outside world the four individual cells become one. All four cells will have the same voltage across them so by protecting all four as one is the same as protecting each indi…2 · -
Re: Lifepo4 replacement quandary
For everyday operation if the battery is balanced and there are no faults or stuffups you are right that just setting the bulk,absorb and float voltages is all you need to do. The problem is that if…1 · -
Re: Lifepo4 replacement quandary
The primary job of a BMS is to make sure that no individual cell in the battery goes outside its safe operating temperature and voltage range. There are three reasons that I can see that could cause …1 · -
Re: Lifepo4 replacement quandary
I wouldn't go for an LFP battery with integrated BMS unless it was from a supplier with a well known track record. I always make the assumption when designing a system that each part of the system is…2 · -
Re: Seeking Normally Closed Latching Contactor and Q&A about balancing my Li Ion battery bank
The outputs of the Cellogs are not isolated so you can't link the outputs from the Cellog8 that monitors the lower 8 cells to the Cellog8 that monitors the upper 8 cells directly to the Midnite. You …1 ·