tpbrady
Guru
Murray,
I use a Sterling Power Alternator to Battery Charger that works well for the AGM's. I thought they were going dead 3 years ago due to abuse and a strange wiring arrangement by the PO. I since fixed the wiring and added the Sterling product which I use with a stock Delco Alternator. The AGM's are now 7 years old and seem to be doing well. I am looking at new batteries in a couple of years so am watching the LFP's and then you brought up the Silicon batteries. What I can't get my arms around is charging LFPs from the alternator. Most of the batteries I have looked at specify a max continuous charge of 100A or so and a preferred charge of 50A. I am not quite sure how to charge a bank of 2 8D equivalent 200AH LFPs from a 200A stock alternator.
Tom
I use a Sterling Power Alternator to Battery Charger that works well for the AGM's. I thought they were going dead 3 years ago due to abuse and a strange wiring arrangement by the PO. I since fixed the wiring and added the Sterling product which I use with a stock Delco Alternator. The AGM's are now 7 years old and seem to be doing well. I am looking at new batteries in a couple of years so am watching the LFP's and then you brought up the Silicon batteries. What I can't get my arms around is charging LFPs from the alternator. Most of the batteries I have looked at specify a max continuous charge of 100A or so and a preferred charge of 50A. I am not quite sure how to charge a bank of 2 8D equivalent 200AH LFPs from a 200A stock alternator.
Tom