[RE-wrenches] Lithium battery charge rate

[Darryl Thayer]

Hi Jay and all,  I belive Steve meant C/2 or C/3; just a typo. My oldest
set of LiFe is almost 10 years?  It has a fastest charge rate of C/0.2
because the 10 kWh is charged by 1.6 kW solar.  These batteries are doing
fine.  I do not have a way of measuring the current capacity but

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 3:58 PM Jay via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I’m wondering if minimum charge amps for lithium is common or not?
>
> Or does it have to do with the cell shape: cylindrical vs prismatic vs
> pouch?
>
> A client purchased some EG4 batteries and they are getting a bit out of
> balanced. Tech support didn’t suggest higher volts or longer absorb but did
> mention they need 30-50 amps charge. It’s not in the manual.
>
> Wondering what you all think and know
>
> Thx
> Jay
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