Looks like I can get 5amps or 10amps per bank on a Noco onboard charger. I will be charging batteries (100ah LiTime TM battery) overnight from a day of fishing. Is there any reason to spend the extra money on the 10amps per bank? Thank you,
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Looks like I can get 5amps or 10amps per bank on a Noco onboard charger. I will be charging batteries (100ah LiTime TM battery) overnight from a day of fishing. Is there any reason to spend the extra money on the 10amps per bank? Thank you,
Depending on the level the battery starts at it might take all night to charge but a 5amp should be ok as long as you have the time
I have a 125 and NOCO 10amp and when I'm at 45 to 50 percent it will take about 4 to 5 hours to charge
Good info, thanks!
How much of a price difference is there? There will come a time you want them to get charged faster. It depends on your funds of course, but weigh the cost to your possible needs. In the future. If funds are tight look for a less famous brand charger so you can save a few bucks there also. Bob
$60-70 price difference. I've had good luck with my current Noco, so I thought I'd stick with them.
10 amps min --20 max
Agree, 10amp minimum... a 5 will work but be slow. Ok for a single battery ie a dedicated livescope battery but will be slow for typical trolling battery setups.
I acutually have a 15amp 460PCL but would be fine with 10amp tbh.
I emailed back and forth with a board sponsor on here about chargers one time and they said 10 amp minimum is best for lithium. Said 5 could possibly not be good. I think that 5 might not fully charge them is what I remember them saying.
That does sound familiar to me as well, at least for typical TM size batteries.Quote:
Originally Posted by GOTTA BIG SACK
I use a two bank,15 amp per bank for two 100a/h lithium trolling batteries. I can fully charge in less than three hours.
I've run my 100ah lithiums below 50% a couple times and it's 1-1.5 hours max and they're topped off. Noco GenPro 10amp.
I use a 5 amp charger with my lithiums and it's fine as long as your not a tournament fisherman. I'm just a weekend warrior so I'm fine with it taking time to charge. I haven't had any problem getting them to fully charge, it just takes more time.
Impossible to do. A 10 amp charger can only put 10 amps of charge absolute max into a battery per hour. If you use 50ah of your 100ah that means it will take at an absolute minimum 5 hours to charge 50ah back into this battery with a 10amp charger.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewM-Fishing
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Originally Posted by AndrewM-Fishing
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Originally Posted by haus9393
for the original poster with a 100ah battery: you are choosing between a 10 hour maximum charge time (battery run down all the way to 0%) with a 10 amp charger, or a 20 hour maximum charge time with a 5 amp charger.
Well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by haus9393
Buy a 15amp charger
I would stick with 10a from Monster Marine or NOCO. Both are great chargers. We carry both of them as well on our website under battery and chargers.
Let me know if I can help.
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Why 20? From my research they recommend 50 amps max. I bought some power queens and tested them at 90amps and they did fine. I will charge them at 45 in parallel. CjQuote:
Originally Posted by mactlman
With LiFeP04 batteries the max charge voltage is 1C. (100Amps for 100Ah batteries) However there are stresses caused by doing that.(fewer complete cycles before end of life) I would use the Mfrs numbers for recommended charging. JMO Bob
It would be nice if all the Mfrs gave a complete statistical statement Like that.(if it were accurate) It is textbook in every way for the battery type. The price is the only thing that scares me! If they have truly used “A” cells in construction(which those specs indicate) They are not charging for the rest of the components and assembly. Call me a skeptic, but there is still a place for cheaper batteries working for the buyer. JMO Bob
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And that is one manufacturer. Power queen says 100 amps and even gives recharge time with a 50 amp charger. And according to a few who have disassembled these batteries they all look pretty much the same inside including the same BMS mfg. So for Litime they say twenty but SOK, DR prepare, PQ and even Impulse say 50amp. Impulse and one other says 20 recommended but I would bet because of power restrictions to the charger. Most don't have the chargers capable of going over 20 amps per battery anyway. Like I said I charged 1 battery at 90 amps and monitored it for heat and had no issues and it charged the same as my 55 amp charger but in less time. So for me charging off grid in Canada the charge time in less than 2 hours is great, most of the time it will be less than 1. Now with that being said I would want to test this charging amperage on the new compact pouch style batteries before I would say do it. but for the cylinder style cells it has been no issue at all charging them at a high rate. Just has been my experience so far with these batteries. And to be 100% honest, the reason I did not go with Litime is because of the low charge amp recommendation. CJQuote:
Originally Posted by yam911
I know what you are saying! I am hoping that because of these companies [and I am guessing it is the same parent company for at least 3 of these battery MFG] that bulk buying is lowering the prices. So far I have been running the 2 batteries I purchased very hard with good results. Now I did receive a bad one right off the start but for me that is nor surprising!! It took a bit of time for them to send me a new one because of only being able to communicate with china via e-mail. But once they were satisfied it was not my wiring and I proved to them it was the battery they got me a new one out right away when they got the old one back. CJQuote:
Originally Posted by bobcoy