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Because of a smoking Black Friday sale before Christmas, I purchased a 12V, 200 AH LiFePO4 battery and a 2000 watt inverter. I have plenty of room for it in the back of the FJ Cruiser, but here is my question.....
I watched a couple of YouTubes on guys charging their LiFePO4 batteries from the alternator on the vehicles engine. They were both very concerned that their alternator would be overloaded, so they used a 12V DC to DC charger that maxed at 20 amps and was rated for Lithium batteries. Has anyone done this with your rig and has it been successful and do you have any tips, tricks and advice?
When we travel, we do a lot of mileage per day, running the vehicle many, many hours. We don't set up camp and sit there for 3 days. We tend to travel point to point every day. Now if we were sitting for days, I would want couple of solar panels to charge the batter, but for now, I am just interested in the alternator doing the charging every day.
Running 24 hours a day will be our 54qt frig/freezer and in the evenings and mornings the Starlink Mini.
What's your thoughts?
Here are some pics....
I watched a couple of YouTubes on guys charging their LiFePO4 batteries from the alternator on the vehicles engine. They were both very concerned that their alternator would be overloaded, so they used a 12V DC to DC charger that maxed at 20 amps and was rated for Lithium batteries. Has anyone done this with your rig and has it been successful and do you have any tips, tricks and advice?
When we travel, we do a lot of mileage per day, running the vehicle many, many hours. We don't set up camp and sit there for 3 days. We tend to travel point to point every day. Now if we were sitting for days, I would want couple of solar panels to charge the batter, but for now, I am just interested in the alternator doing the charging every day.
Running 24 hours a day will be our 54qt frig/freezer and in the evenings and mornings the Starlink Mini.
What's your thoughts?
Here are some pics....
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