Recommended RV Shore Power to Lithium Battery RV Converter and Engine Alternator to Lithum Charger
Updated 04/22/2019 | Published 04/19/2019
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I am thinking about installing 2 100 AH lithium batteries in my motorhome. I plan on using the generator and shore plug in and engine alternator for charging them. I am looking at the PWM 60 A Lithium converter. My question is how fast it can charge the lithium batteries from my 3600 W generator and from shore power? The batteries can take a 120 A charge so could charge considerably faster than the converter can supply. 2nd question, do you sell the parts to charge lithium from the engine alternator?
asked by: Tom A
Expert Reply:
The Progressive Dynamics PD9100 Series Inteli-Power Converter - Lithium - 12 Volts - 60 Amps # PD9160ALV will allow up to 60 amps power draw. It sounds like you are able to pull more, so I recommend upgrading to the 80 amp # PD9180ALV. This will charge your batteries in about 2 hours give or take.
If you want to charge your battery while driving, I recommend the Redarc In-Vehicle BCDC Battery Charger - Dual Input - DC to DC - 12V/24V - 40 Amp # 331-BCDC1240D along with the 60-Amp MIDI Fuse Kit for Redarc In-Vehicle 40-Amp BCDC Battery Charger # 331-FK60. If you have a smart alternator, then you will also want the Relay Kit # 331-RK1260. If you want to monitor your battery voltage you can use # 331-G52-VVA to monitor two batteries and you can also add the Hall Effect Current Sensor for Redarc Battery Voltage Monitoring Gauges # 331-GS-AMPS to monitor amperage. It sounds like you know what you are doing, so this will give you some awesome options to charge and monitor your system.
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