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Old 27-11-2022, 07:56   #1
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Lithium Battery Maintenance Charger

Greetings All.
When I installed our lithium bank in the Caribbean I didn't plan on being anywhere cold in the future, unfortunately a medical issue forced us to return to the balmy climate of the Northeast.
The lithium bank I have does not have internal heaters so I have to remove them from the boat during the winter storage season.
I need recommendations on a Lithium battery Maintenance charger for my 600 amp hours of lithium batteries. Shopping Amazon doesn't help much since half the ones shown are paid adds, or Amazon products, so I don't trust their recommendations.
Any information and experience with maintenance chargers is appreciated.
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Old 27-11-2022, 14:24   #2
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Re: Lithium Battery Maintenance Charger

I recommend the Victron Smart IP65 Charger 12V/15A version: https://www.victronenergy.com/charge...rger#downloads
I have several in the shop and use them regularly. They are feature rich and have BT so they can be monitored using the Victron Connect app. We have used this charger to recover a LFP battery with an OCV of 3VDC, so it does treat the batteries gentlyl.
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Re: Lithium Battery Maintenance Charger

And, BTW, this is the same charger recommended by RC on Marinehowto.com:
https://marinehowto.com/choose-your-...ers-carefully/
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Old 28-11-2022, 03:07   #4
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I recommend the Victron Smart IP65 Charger 12V/15A version: https://www.victronenergy.com/charge...rger#downloads
I have several in the shop and use them regularly. They are feature rich and have BT so they can be monitored using the Victron Connect app. We have used this charger to recover a LFP battery with an OCV of 3VDC, so it does treat the batteries gentlyl.
Thank you for the recommendation!
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Thank you for the recommendation!


I use that charger. Excellent
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