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Old 05-02-2019, 02:06 PM   #28
rickst29
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Default Creating a new Thread (I'm gonna pull the trigger on this)

My components will be:
One AIMS 1 100Ah battery, list price $850 at the Inverter Store https://theinverterstore.com/product...100ah-lifepo4/. (But it costs me about $950 for me, because I pay NV Sales Tax on this item). It replaces 2*SLA 100Ah, and provides about the same usable capacity.

- Edit 5/719 - I just changed that and bought a single '150Ah' battery, direct from China: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/12V-...006197898.html. If it shows up and works as advertised, it's 50% more battery for quite a bit less money.

- Edit 7/19719 - If I were buying a USA-built product today, I would choose one or two of the Trojan "Trillium". The battery protection and status display are greatly 'enhanced', in comparison to other Products (including Battle Born). Among other features, a "battery protector" battery shutoff is built in, handling both out-of-range voltage and out-of-range temperature issues.

(For me, SLA was always hard to charge above about 85% on the road, and needed to red-line at 50% SOC. That allowed only 35% available AND useable capacity per battery. With LiFePO4, I can probably use more than 75% of the nominal capacity - that's more power available from just one battery.)

A PD 4655L "MBA WildKat" 55A converter section replacement, with 'Wizard' pendant. Surprisingly, I think that I should use the pendant to control charging - and *NOT* flick the switch for "Lithium". PD Sales and Support representatives agree. http://www.bestconverter.com/PD-4655...l#.XMtM_6RlDb0
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