joebedford
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time2roll wrote:joebedford wrote:I have a "crappy" WFCO 68100. It's 11 years old. I have no idea if it goes into bulk mode.
Is that bad? Have you ever pushed the button?
Nope. Can't reach it.
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waexplorer
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time2roll wrote:joebedford wrote:I have a "crappy" WFCO 68100. It's 11 years old. I have no idea if it goes into bulk mode.
Is that bad? Have you ever pushed the button?
I have pushed the button to go back to fast charge when my batteries were still low after it stops fast charging in about an hour when were boondocking and using the generator. Mostly I let it do it's thing. The pendant flashes differently for each mode.
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waexplorer wrote:If your charging amps are above 40 amps I'd say that's ok. Most lithium batteries have BMS's that are 50 amp or 100 amp charge/discharge capable. 55 watts is the max system output including lights, accessories etc. Whatever is left is for charging. If you're not having issues I wouldn't change it yet. You want charge voltage around 14.4 for lithium. If it's 13.6 or so that is for flooded lead acid. Lithium batteries don't have float mode. There are several good youtube videos show lithium charge and discharge curves. Do you have the Zamp 30 amp solar controller above the bed like mine? Make sure it is set to lithium also.
The previous owner told me he changed the charger for one that's compatible with Lithiums and when I slid the charger out I saw "8955Lis200724" on the label and assumed the 'Lis' part of it meant it was the Lithium charger but after doing some more clicking I now don't think it is. It doesn't look like the one on the WFCO site that sposed to be the Lithium conversion:
lithium replacement
I want to get the most bang for my buck when I need to fire up the Honda 2000 to charge the batteries so I'll be looking for something that puts out 75 or 80 amps or something.
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joebedford wrote:I have a "crappy" WFCO 68100. It's 11 years old. I have no idea if it goes into bulk mode.
Is that bad?
If it's worked for you and haven't had an issue with it don't worry about it.
I have a 12v fridge and only boondock so I want to charge my lithiums as fast as possible when runnung my genny, that's why I started this thread!
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I think of WHIFFIES in the same light as I do ten-for-a-dollar junk store disposible razors. Yeah. That laughable.
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Fisherguy wrote:waexplorer wrote:If your charging amps are above 40 amps I'd say that's ok. Most lithium batteries have BMS's that are 50 amp or 100 amp charge/discharge capable. 55 watts is the max system output including lights, accessories etc. Whatever is left is for charging. If you're not having issues I wouldn't change it yet. You want charge voltage around 14.4 for lithium. If it's 13.6 or so that is for flooded lead acid. Lithium batteries don't have float mode. There are several good youtube videos show lithium charge and discharge curves. Do you have the Zamp 30 amp solar controller above the bed like mine? Make sure it is set to lithium also.
The previous owner told me he changed the charger for one that's compatible with Lithiums and when I slid the charger out I saw "8955Lis200724" on the label and assumed the 'Lis' part of it meant it was the Lithium charger but after doing some more clicking I now don't think it is. It doesn't look like the one on the WFCO site that sposed to be the Lithium conversion:
lithium replacement
I want to get the most bang for my buck when I need to fire up the Honda 2000 to charge the batteries so I'll be looking for something that puts out 75 or 80 amps or something.
According to the WFCO website, your "8955Lis200724" is lithium compatible.
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Boon Docker wrote:
According to the WFCO website, your "8955Lis200724" is lithium compatible.
Is it? It doesn;t have the 'lithium switch' so I didn't think so.
I looked at the website and couldn't find anything so I sent there tech support an email.
Thanks Boon Docker.
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According to their ads, the latest version of the WECO converters "automatically" sense what type of battery is installed, and switch to the appropriate voltages. That said, if they do it like they did with the older converters, I'll believe it when I see it.
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Boon Docker
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Fisherguy wrote:Boon Docker wrote:
According to the WFCO website, your "8955Lis200724" is lithium compatible.
Is it? It doesn;t have the 'lithium switch' so I didn't think so.
I looked at the website and couldn't find anything so I sent there tech support an email.
Thanks Boon Docker.
You're welcome.
Let us know what the tech has to say.
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Boon Docker wrote:
You're welcome.
Let us know what the tech has to say.
Well I knew it wasn't one of the new "auto detect" models cuz it doesn't have the colored LED's, couldn't find the 'lithium switch' the other ones have and today tech support told me,
"The WF-8955-AD-MBA supersedes the WF-8955LiS-MBA. Both are lithium compatible.
You have a WF-8955LiS-MBA which should have a manual switch to put it in lithium mode. The WF-8955-AD-MBA has an “auto-detect” feature that puts it in lithium mode.
The lithium switch location can vary. I believe I have yours figured out but will verify that next week and get back with you."
I think I'm going to put the WFCO on it's own breaker and add a new 20 amp breaker in the panel, run a 12-3 cable to the pass through and install some kind of higher amp charger there.
That's what I did in our old trailer, used a PD9280 that time.
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Will
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