Recent content by JohnGarziglia

I guess I do not understand. I am not trying to be argumentative but it appears that installing the DC-to-DC charger after the merge solenoid then limits charging to one way only -- from the alternator to the house batteries, eliminating the charging of the chassis batteries by the solar...

Thank you for your observations. But, from everything I have read about the current Spyder system working with the merge solenoid, it will run the alternator at full current into the LiFePO4 lithium house batteries without any safety time-out to prevent alternator over-heating. I understand...

That I have done. The alternator charging the LiFePO4 batteries through the Li-BIM 225 goes into a greatly reduced current mode and almost no charging when the LiFePO4 batteries are at about 80% charge which comports with the product literature for the Li-BIM 225.

Thank you for your observations. The issue with Tiffin and its use of the Spyder system (which controls most of the electronics in the coach) is that Spyder (and possibly Tiffin) absolutely refuses to modify or update its systems to accommodate lithium batteries. Therefore, Tiffin "recommends...

Using just the DC-to-DC charger has the flaw of not allowing my solar panels to charge the chassis battery when needed. It removes one of the functionalities of the battery and solar panel setup in the motorhome that I desire to keep. The other functionality it removes is the use of the...

I have a question on alternator charging of LiFePO4 batteries which hopefully does not plow through ground already discussed in other posts. Apologies for the length of the question but I wanted to give adequate details. The alternator in the OEM setup in my motorhome is connected to the house...