Good day. I just received my 4 Lion Energy 1300 UT batteries today. They will be in parallel for 12v at 420Ahr bank. They will go in my boat as house batteries. I have 870 watts of solar, Victron BMV 712 battery monitor, Victron SmartSolar Charge Controller for lithium (150v/70amp) with temp probe on battery, and Xantrex Freedom Pro XC, 3000 watt/150amp charger with a lithium setting (and battery temp probe).
On the Lion website, I found 3 documents, but I don't think they agree with each other.
1) LION Energy info on website (Lion_Energy_Safari_UT_1300_FAQ_2020514 PDF) says: FAQ question #09. What are the recommend charge settings for the Safari UT 1300?
It will take up to 14.6V in charging voltage and settle between 13.9V and 13.6V. Set your charger to its highest setting closest to 14.6V and at least 13.9V.
2) Other information on the Lion Website (Lion_Energy_Safari_1300_Manual_2019)
Says max charge voltage 14.6 volts.
3) The big conflicting information from their website (Lion-safari-config-for-victron-bmv-battery-monitor) says to setup your Victron BMV and Victron MPPT as follows:
Charged voltage for BMV: 13.9 volts
Charged voltage for Absorption voltage MPPT: 13.90 volts
Float voltage for MPPT: 13.90 volts.
Questions I have for you please:
1) I’m not sure what voltage to put into my Victron 150/70? 13.90 volts or 14.6 volts?
Is “charging voltage of 14.6” not the same as “Charged voltage of 13.9”?
My Xantrex Inverter/charger on my boat has a Lithium setting and Custom setting.
Xantrex Lithium setting is Bulk (Volts not stated), Absorption: 14.6 volts, Float: 13.6.
Custom charge settings: Absorption: 12.0 volt to 18.0 volts.
Custom charge settings: Float: 12.0 volts to 18.0 volts.
Custom charge setting: Equalize for Flooded battery (enable/disable).
Also for custom settings I can set the following:
Low voltage shutdown (with timer). i.e. 10.5 volts for 5 seconds. From 10.5 – 12.8 volts and timer 1 to 300 seconds.
Instant low voltage shutdown. Put in 10.5
Low voltage recovery (when inverter will turn back on and continue to operate). From 12.0 to 16.0 or off.
High voltage shutdown.
Thank you. I’m eagerly awaiting to dump my 4 sagging 70lb AGM G31 with my new Lion Energy UT1300. My 4 AGM from 2018 cannot support my 1000 watt micro that pulls 130 amps DC.
On the Lion website, I found 3 documents, but I don't think they agree with each other.
1) LION Energy info on website (Lion_Energy_Safari_UT_1300_FAQ_2020514 PDF) says: FAQ question #09. What are the recommend charge settings for the Safari UT 1300?
It will take up to 14.6V in charging voltage and settle between 13.9V and 13.6V. Set your charger to its highest setting closest to 14.6V and at least 13.9V.
2) Other information on the Lion Website (Lion_Energy_Safari_1300_Manual_2019)
Says max charge voltage 14.6 volts.
3) The big conflicting information from their website (Lion-safari-config-for-victron-bmv-battery-monitor) says to setup your Victron BMV and Victron MPPT as follows:
Charged voltage for BMV: 13.9 volts
Charged voltage for Absorption voltage MPPT: 13.90 volts
Float voltage for MPPT: 13.90 volts.
Questions I have for you please:
1) I’m not sure what voltage to put into my Victron 150/70? 13.90 volts or 14.6 volts?
Is “charging voltage of 14.6” not the same as “Charged voltage of 13.9”?
My Xantrex Inverter/charger on my boat has a Lithium setting and Custom setting.
Xantrex Lithium setting is Bulk (Volts not stated), Absorption: 14.6 volts, Float: 13.6.
Custom charge settings: Absorption: 12.0 volt to 18.0 volts.
Custom charge settings: Float: 12.0 volts to 18.0 volts.
Custom charge setting: Equalize for Flooded battery (enable/disable).
Also for custom settings I can set the following:
Low voltage shutdown (with timer). i.e. 10.5 volts for 5 seconds. From 10.5 – 12.8 volts and timer 1 to 300 seconds.
Instant low voltage shutdown. Put in 10.5
Low voltage recovery (when inverter will turn back on and continue to operate). From 12.0 to 16.0 or off.
High voltage shutdown.
Thank you. I’m eagerly awaiting to dump my 4 sagging 70lb AGM G31 with my new Lion Energy UT1300. My 4 AGM from 2018 cannot support my 1000 watt micro that pulls 130 amps DC.