Hi Chris, thank you for the info. I watched this video almost a year ago. No doubt about the benefits of LiFePO4 and 1 year later, costs have reduced by some margin. I bought a Blue Nova BN13V-108-1.4k with Blue Tooth technology yesterday at a cost of R8,800 (R2.69/kWh). The standard BN13V-108-1.4k battery can now be bought for as low as R7,695 (R2.29/kWh). Yes, initial capital investment still higher, but the business and real life use case is stronger than ever.
more info from NL. The NL5 is perfectly suited for charging LiFePO4 batteries in the normal car mode. In this mode the output voltage is set to 14.4V, which is the preferred voltage for most LiFePO4 batteries. Furthermore, just about all LiFePO4 batteries have an internal control circuit (BMS) built into the battery. Its purpose is to protect the battery from damaging conditions, such as voltage that is too high. It will also stop charge when the cells are full. The charger will continue to supply a voltage so that any connected loads (such as a fridge or lights) will be powered by the charger (or Power Pack) without discharging the battery.
hi guys, see below info i got from NL. The NL5 charger is not intended for use with Lithium chemistry. However, despite this, the NL5 charger has been tested and found to be safe for use with LiFePO4 batteries. We have specifically tested it with the Blue Nova batteries and several other brands. It is important to note that the charge mode must be set to the normal “car” mode. Do not use the cold or Boost modes. The NL5 will NOT be able to “wake” a LiFePO4 battery that is in a dormant or standby mode. This can occur if the battery is fully discharged. The Power Pack DC25 does fully support LiFePO4 and will be able to deal with this if it occurs. Kind regards Steven Lambert Product Development National Luna
hi Chris, i have the NL DC25 green box with the blue nova lithium battery. i have the NL5 charger from National Luna. this charger spec says it is not for Lithium batteries. would it be safe for me to charge it with this charger. would appreciate if you could help. i cannot seem to get an answer on this anywhere.
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Hi Chris, thank you for the info. I watched this video almost a year ago. No doubt about the benefits of LiFePO4 and 1 year later, costs have reduced by some margin. I bought a Blue Nova BN13V-108-1.4k with Blue Tooth technology yesterday at a cost of R8,800 (R2.69/kWh). The standard BN13V-108-1.4k battery can now be bought for as low as R7,695 (R2.29/kWh). Yes, initial capital investment still higher, but the business and real life use case is stronger than ever.
Hi Dirk, what solar panels do you use to charge your battery?
more info from NL.
The NL5 is perfectly suited for charging LiFePO4 batteries in the normal car mode. In this mode the output voltage is set to 14.4V, which is the preferred voltage for most LiFePO4 batteries.
Furthermore, just about all LiFePO4 batteries have an internal control circuit (BMS) built into the battery. Its purpose is to protect the battery from damaging conditions, such as voltage that is too high. It will also stop charge when the cells are full.
The charger will continue to supply a voltage so that any connected loads (such as a fridge or lights) will be powered by the charger (or Power Pack) without discharging the battery.
hi guys, see below info i got from NL.
The NL5 charger is not intended for use with Lithium chemistry. However, despite this, the NL5 charger has been tested and found to be safe for use with LiFePO4 batteries. We have specifically tested it with the Blue Nova batteries and several other brands.
It is important to note that the charge mode must be set to the normal “car” mode. Do not use the cold or Boost modes.
The NL5 will NOT be able to “wake” a LiFePO4 battery that is in a dormant or standby mode. This can occur if the battery is fully discharged.
The Power Pack DC25 does fully support LiFePO4 and will be able to deal with this if it occurs.
Kind regards
Steven Lambert
Product Development
National Luna
Extremely insightful thank you
hi Chris, i have the NL DC25 green box with the blue nova lithium battery. i have the NL5 charger from National Luna. this charger spec says it is not for Lithium batteries. would it be safe for me to charge it with this charger. would appreciate if you could help. i cannot seem to get an answer on this anywhere.
Thanks for the question. I would also love to find out as there is no clear answer.
If it says on the specs that it's not for Lithium battery's, it's most probably not.
7:58 BN uses prismatic cells not those you saw in the DIY Mobile Energy YT channel. Otherwise very informative video.