In my original post on this thread, I was looking at http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-40Ah-LiFePO4-Lithium-Prismatic-Battery-Pack-with-AC-Charger-LP500-/250996143478?pt=Laptop_Batteries&hash=item3a70893576
which comes with a matching charger that can run off either 110VAC or 220VAC. I plan to disconnect the 12V leads from the house genset as there is no control over the voltage coming out of there. The li-ion would be only recharged via the small included AC charger. My Amperage loads should be not too high (100A to power an inverter providing 110VAC, or to start the small genset, ~200A?). A Trojan group 24 http://www.batteriesinaflash.com/deep-cycle-lead-acid/12v/trojan-24tmx-12v-85ah-group-24-flooded-deep-cycle-battery costs ~$170. The li-ion costs $550. It costs 33% more, but has a longer life, and its it maintenance-free. {brucedp.150m.com} - On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, at 05:55 AM, Byron James wrote: > Instead of charging the lifepo4 batteries directly from the alternator, > is it possible to insert a lifepo4 charger in between the alternator and > battery. - -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_quotes.html _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
