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Recommendations for battery charger for lead acid and LifePo4?

Michael's Turtles

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I've had a car battery charger for the last 20 years or so that every so often I've had to use. It's pretty much done and needs replaced. I was thinking that getting a charger that can do both lead acid as well as LifePo4 batteries would be a good idea as it just gives yet another redundancy to being able to continue getting power if some other options fail and I have to wait around to get a replacement (this would currently be the 4th option in the redundancy plan to charge the battery I have, so a lot would have to go bad in a short amount of time - but hey, it's better to be prepared, right?).

Does anyone have a recommendation for one they've used? Amazon has plenty of options, and plenty with good ratings, but reading through the comments most of the reviews don't touch on the LifePo4 charging of them and that's something I'd like to hear more about from someone that's used it.
 
I can recommend the Victron ip22 12/30 charger. Completely programmable for all settings via BT/Victron Connect app. Works great for me for automotive lead acid, and then LFP 12V batteries (in my case Redodo mini 12V 100Ah)


Make sure you go to Other Sellers and choose a known good Victron authorized dealer like Pike or Invertersrus:

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For use in the garage, I like the line of NOCO Genius battery chargers or CTEK.



For a fixed install in my RV I use Victron, but that's for a dedicated LiFePO4 battery.
 

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