DennisBrady
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I'm in my 48th year running our homestead off grid. Up until last February I exclusively ran Trogan L 16 flood lead acid batteries. Now I have 6 EG4-LL Lithium Iron Phosphate battery 25.6V (24V) 5.12kWh powering a 4024 Magnum inverter. I'm having a hard time breaking my old habit of always trying to keep my batteries as close to 100% as possible. For decades if I woke up in the morning and my batteries dipped into the high 80% I freaked. I'm trying to get a handle on the range I should be keeping my new batteries in. Some say run them down to 20% then charge back up to 90%. Other say take them closer to 0% then charge. Our 4.5 KW solar array keeps these at 100% all summer and most of spring and fall but I run a backup generator in the winter. My problem is trying to get used to these new charge paramiters without having my anxiety level explode. Any one else have this same problem?