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I recently came across the video() below in which a pwm charge controller is used as a trickle charger between a lithium battery bank and a LA bank. I'm curious to hear from folks with more technical expertise than me if this a viable solution? Thoughts?

Dan, it's also important to know the electrical demand of what you want to power with your inverter. Scaling down the inverter to match the battery won't help if it doesn't power the appliance(or whatever) you need.

I built my first lifepo battery last year. It's a 12 V 280 ah lifepo with JBD 120 amp bms. It's functioning well, but I have a need for a larger amp draw in my small RV. I have upgraded to the 200 amp version and have a couple of questions related to the install. Can I reuse the balance leads...

Snoobler, thank you for the detailed reply, as a newcomer this is extremely helpful advice.

I just completed my diy lifepo battery install in my small rv. It consists of a 12 V 280 ah 4 cell battery with JBD 120amp BMS. It's being charged by a victron SCC(configured for lifepo charging). I'm sharing some photos of the cell reading on the first day that it reached full charge after...

I'm in the final stages of installing my diy 280 ah 12 volt battery (plus associated equipment: inverter, solar charger, etc.). My battery is in a universal group 27 case. I was hoping others might share any lessons learned from doing a similar installation. Things I'm thinking about: how...

I'm building a milk crate style 12 volt lifepo battery using the 280 ah cells. In my excitement to get started I ordered the dykb 120 amp smart bms before realizing that I'd need something bigger and got a daly 250 amp non smart bms. I'd like to use the smart bms as a bluetooth battery cell...

Thanks for the response. As I think about it maybe keeping the systems separate is better way to go. In watching Will's video on a milk crate solar generator, and subsequent update video, I'm curious how the AC charging via the solar charge controller is limited. That is, how does the battery...

First Post! I'm starting this thread to get feedback on an upgrade to an RV hybrid LA+Lifepo system I am thinking about. This is all new to me and am trying to learn as I go. This forum has been really helpful. I'm in the planning phase. I've been researching all kinds of possibilities and...