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Roy is correct, We have a number of clients with "old school" inverters who have changed to LIPO batteries and they work just fine in open loop set ups. Many of the early Lithium battery BMS systems closed loop communication didn't work well or at all any way.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org> on behalf of Roy Butler via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Roy Butler <roy@four-winds-energy.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Power FLAs to LFPs</font>
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<div><font size="2">I'm also running the EG4 server rack 24V 200 Ahr batteries with my old Outback VFX 3524, Classic 250 and<br>
Morningstar Genstar 100, all open loop with no problem. It's all a matter of getting the charge settings right and<br>
checking on the cell balance periodically.<br>
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I'll be playing around with programming the Genstar for closed loop soon, should be fine but then, what to do<br>
with the Classic.....we'll see how it goes.<br>
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<pre class="x_moz-signature" cols="72">Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
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<div dir="ltr">There still is some incorrect information about the LBCO not working with LFP. That I believe dates from some older LFP designs. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">All the newer 16 series prismatic LFP work fine with LBCO/outback. </div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">We have a customer in Henryetta, Oklahoma, and he’s been buying various equipment from us over the years. He’s elderly, a veteran, and a believer in solar power. But he’s been having battery problems (he’s got twelve 6V L16 types at
present) and is interested in moving up to LFPs. He’s got an Outback VFX3524, FM60, MATE3S, Hub4 and the usual accoutrements. If he wants to go with LFPs, what are your suggestions – and also how might it integrate with his 3-year old inverter? I suspect
he will be unwilling to spend a chunk of change on a new inverter. All advice is welcome!</p>
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