And the LiFePo4 setting is incorrect for LiFePo4 batteries.
Yes these settings are incorrect and more to the point NOT SAFE for the battery!!
These companies know next to nothing about LiFePO4 and are simply taking cheap Chinese LFP batteries, slapping stickers on them and reselling them to unsuspecting buyers who believe the pure rubbish that it is safe to charge a LiFePO4 battery at 14.6V or regular
lead acid levels.. Why? Because these companies have not a clue about interpreting the Chinglish instructions on the battery to begin with. They need
engineers on their staff
who actually understand LFP and not just a room full of
marketers trying to interpret Chinglish.
Sadly the charger manufacturers are also quick to jump on the band wagon, using insanely stupid charge voltages, that make less than zero sense to anyone who even has an ounce of clue about LFP batteries.
When a legitimate battery maker like Trojan or Deka or Lifeline or EnerSys enters the LFP "drop in" market you'll know they have done the proper leg work. I can tell you that at least two of the three mentioned
are working on it but it is still YEARS out....! There is a reason they have not launched an LFP product yet and that is because they are REPUTABLE COMPANIES WITH ACTUAL ENGINEERS WHO HAVE A CLUE!!!
Go ahead and google "BBB Rating Smart Battery". Smart Battery was one of the first to attempt the "drop in" market.. The have an "F" Better Business Bureau rating...
Sadly these
imbecilic companies will give all LFP a black eye and it is sad because LFP really can be great technology IF executed properly.
EXECUTED PROPERLY being the key words..
This is the same exact thing that killed the GEL battery in terms of reputation. In over 20 years GEL
has still not recovered from
"sure charge them at flooded voltages" yet GEL batteries are the true KING's of lead acid deep cycling ability....
Insisting LFP can be
a drop-in to lead acid charging systems is like saying Rosie O'Donnell can fit into Paris Hilton's jeans. Not gonna happen...... I have had long, very direct and tough conversations directly with most of these companies, for part of my
job. To say they have not a clue about what they are doing when it comes to LFP is an understatement.
Sadly everyone
wants LFP to
be like lead acid &
charge like lead acid, meaning making them
drop-in for lead acid charging schemes. Treating LFP this way is utterly insane!!:cussing: Course there are plenty of gullible buyers so there will always be snake oil sales men.....
Let's ask one simple
"scratch the surface" question about LFP drop-in's...
What is going to happen when, NOT IF, the internal BMS on some of these products opens to protect a battery and the alternator goes poof....? (Note: some don't even have a BMS)
How many alternators will be destroyed before the
drop-in sellers and
buyers begin to see the light? Will the buyers even be smart enough to recognize what actually
caused their alternator to go poof? How many more alternators will they replace before realizing it was the battery
protecting itself due to STUPID charging voltages that was causing all the fried alternators..?
Some of these small batteries don't even have an internal BMS and others have a BMS that is such a joke it is not even laughable, its just sad....... Caveat emptor!!
If you want to learn a bit more about LiFePO4 in general:
LiFePO4 On Boats - Thoughts & Musings