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LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE BATTERY
LiFePo
is the most commonly used Li-ion battery. A 12 V LiFePo
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battery consists of four cells in series.
The factory default "charged voltage" is in general also applicable to
LiFePO
batteries.
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Some Li-ion battery chargers stop charging when the charge current
drops below a preset value. The BMV tail current should then be set at
a higher value for synchronising to occur.
The charge efficiency of Li-ion batteries is much higher than of lead
acid batteries: We recommend to set CEF at 99 %.
When subjected to high discharge rates, LiFePO
batteries perform
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much better than lead-acid batteries. Unless the battery supplier
advices otherwise, we therefore recommend to set Peukert's exponent
at 1.15.
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