I wouldn’t go so big with the charger/rectifier that you can’t run it off a portable generator if necessary, accounting for both load power and recharging the batteries.
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of TJ Trout Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 3:25 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LiFePO4 question again How much load? meanwell drs-480-48 are pretty good, if you need bigger than 10a/480w you can parallel or go to ICT or used eltek j series on ebay, which can be programmed for the correct voltage.. On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com <mailto:i...@avantwireless.com> > wrote: LifePowers have a BMS. But most people power them with a LFP designed charger to get the power into them much faster than a regular power supply. On 4/5/24 12:13 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > You will need a BMS unless the battery has one built in. If it does, > a regular telco rectifier will do the job. > > -----Original Message----- From: Mark - Myakka Technologies via AF > Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 10:58 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Cc: Mark - Myakka Technologies > Subject: [AFMUG] LiFePO4 question again > > I'm finding hard to pass up just getting a 100ah 48v LiFePO4 rackmount > battery. I have a new fiber system that will need a maximum of 3kw > once it is maxed out over the years. This seems like an easy and > clean battery solution. > > Question is how do I power the system from the AC side on a daily > basis and keep the battery charged. The normal rectifier way seems to > be a bit lacking in LiFePO4 support. > > I can get a EG4 Chargeverter 48V 100A Battery Charger that looks like > it would do the job. Not sure if this thing is designed to run 24/7 > at load or if it is designed for intermittent loads to just charge > batteries. > > Thoughts? > > -- > > Thanks, > Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com <mailto:m...@mailmt.com> > > Myakka Communications > www.Myakka.com <http://www.Myakka.com> > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Thank you, TJ Trout Volt Broadband 209.480.3122 Cell
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