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I am in the market for a good 100AH LiFePO4 MINI battery. Any suggestions vs the Power Queen 12V 100Ah Mini LiFePO4 Lithium Battery? I will be draining and charging quite often, I also want it as small and light as possible. The Power Queen has good reviews on Amazon and I was wondering if there...

Can others please comment on this? I am interested in the 24V charge time vs the 12V charge time and what would be the fastest in my limited charge window. Thank you for your comments.

Brucey, will 24V charging be faster than 12V? - my main goal here is charging speed from my 4500kw genset (should have mentioned that in the OP). I nomally stay at camp grounds that have quiet hours from 10pm to 6am (no noisy generators), that said, I want to charge as much as possible into two...

The Samlex SEC-1230UL - Is it any good for charging flooded 12V batteries with a 120 AC source vs a Victron Energy Blue Smart IP22? One advantage I see with the Samlex is it can charge three 12V batteries at the same time vs the Victron (am I reading that right?) I have two seperate 12V...

Correct, I am going to watch these closely, the batteries are brand new Interstate Group 27's. The trolling motor is new also, a Minn Kota Power-drive 70 which includes a button to test total capacity by percentage, I think best practice is to run the batteries down to 50% before recharging? Yes?

Thanks for your help FG! Much appreciated.

I have 2 - 12V FLA deep-cycle batteries for my boat trolling motor connected in series to make 24V. For charging, can I connect one 12v 6A charger to the 24v series pair and charge both at the same time? Can I connect 2 -12v 6A chargers to each battery without disconnecting the 24v series...

You might have already found this: https://www.pentex.com/sites/default/files/documents/SCRF_Presentation_Final.pdf

Thanks for the comment, for the already assembled 100AH would I be getting double + AHs buy building it myself? (300+ AH)? One of my quandries if finding quality vendors to source good cells, there are quite a few posts where people are not getting what they paid for. I don't mind paying for...

Looking for some feedback/comments on purchasing a high quality 100AH LiFePo4 (BattleBorn, etc.) vs. building my own 12V LiFePo4 with 4 of these and adding a high quality BMS. https://solarsupplyhouse.com/product-category/lifepo4-high-capacity-cells/ Primary use would be off grid boondocking...

Thanks for the information!

This is a new Renogy 500A monitor install and there are a few of the user specified settings in the monitor I am unsure of and would like feedback on the correct specs. My batteries are 2 - 81Ah Interstate deep cycle RV SRM-24. I called Interstate where I bought the batteries and the guy gave...

Thanks a ton! I will put both on the bus's and now that I think about it and see it makes total sense. All + components have fuses/breakers.

This is my first solar install and I would like for someone knowledgable to review my photo and diagram and see if I have made any serious mistakes. This is for a small Palomino Backpack pickup truck camper. Components: Renogy 200W semi flexible PV panel 50W non flexible PV panel Renogy 40A...

Thank you!