Thersom1948
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I have a cheap adjustable bench power supply that I bought just to top balance my raw EVE cells
Now I am about to buy a Dakota 18ah 12v battery for a completely separate project.
Dakota goes on and on about only using a special LiFePo charger for their batteries. My understanding is this is mostly because LiFePo 12v need ~14.4 charging voltage.
If I set the bench charger to constant voltage of 14.4V and just wait for the current to drop to 0A will this work to charge up the Dakota battery?
Will that damage it in some way? It has a built in BMS so I don't see why it would.
Everything I have searched / read here about charging is mostly about permanent installs - with other inputs, loads, maintaining float voltage, etc. This would be purely a stand alone charger.
I'd like to avoid buying another charger if I can use the one I have
Thanks!
Now I am about to buy a Dakota 18ah 12v battery for a completely separate project.
Dakota goes on and on about only using a special LiFePo charger for their batteries. My understanding is this is mostly because LiFePo 12v need ~14.4 charging voltage.
If I set the bench charger to constant voltage of 14.4V and just wait for the current to drop to 0A will this work to charge up the Dakota battery?
Will that damage it in some way? It has a built in BMS so I don't see why it would.
Everything I have searched / read here about charging is mostly about permanent installs - with other inputs, loads, maintaining float voltage, etc. This would be purely a stand alone charger.
I'd like to avoid buying another charger if I can use the one I have
Thanks!