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Re: Seeking Normally Closed Latching Contactor and Q&A about balancing my Li Ion battery bank
From the picture the way you have wired up your battery will result in the back bank of 16 cells doing more work than the front bank of 16 cells and you will need two separate BMSs. There is some go…1 · -
Re: Charging LFP (LiFePO4) batteries to 90% SOC, or not
With a standard solar charge controller this scenario is avoided by having the controller switch to a lower float voltage of 3.35V/cell (13.4V for a 12V battery) after a short absorb time of half an…2 · -
Re: behavior of grid-tie hybrid (Outback Radian 8048A)
This is the first time I have read this thread. Greetings again InMichigan. Here are my comments for what they are worth. Regarding the 56.0 to 56.8 difference, where are the voltage readings being t…1 · -
Re: Perfomance data from LiFePO4 (LFP) Battery
Another uneventful year with both my friends and my battery. Finally got his battery out the hot tin shed and into a cupboard in his cool straw bale house. It doesn't look like the time in the shed h…1 · -
Re: What make and model batteries do you use?
My first off-grid setup used second hand flooded NiCd batteries ex railway locomotives that I got for free. They had woeful efficiency of around 70% and you never really knew how much charge they had…1 ·
