04-05-2021, 06:32 AM
From Richard’s post....
n the short term, I don’t think you need to go that far, but regardless of what you do with charge profiles, you need a critical piece of info from YOUR setup. Turn off the charger and let the batteries go for 8 hrs with normal loads on them. What is the starting voltage when you turned off the charger, and what is the voltage after 8 hours? Since the useful part of lithium setups is flat, the voltage after 8 hours should be very close to YOUR voltage at the flat part of the curve. IF you have the recharge voltage set above that number, then you will continually operate above where the batteries are happiest.
This is one of the smartest things I have read on Lithium setups.
I have Battleborns as well and have set them up according to the BB recommendations. I sit at 100% SOC all the time.....but now believe that I am slowly killing them. My plan is to follow this strategy and see how my BBs like it.
Bill
n the short term, I don’t think you need to go that far, but regardless of what you do with charge profiles, you need a critical piece of info from YOUR setup. Turn off the charger and let the batteries go for 8 hrs with normal loads on them. What is the starting voltage when you turned off the charger, and what is the voltage after 8 hours? Since the useful part of lithium setups is flat, the voltage after 8 hours should be very close to YOUR voltage at the flat part of the curve. IF you have the recharge voltage set above that number, then you will continually operate above where the batteries are happiest.
This is one of the smartest things I have read on Lithium setups.
I have Battleborns as well and have set them up according to the BB recommendations. I sit at 100% SOC all the time.....but now believe that I am slowly killing them. My plan is to follow this strategy and see how my BBs like it.
Bill
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama