Charging Lithium Batteries
How do you charge a lithium battery on the road or at home? Learn more about BMPRO Battery Chargers, featuring a dedicated charging profile for Lithium (LIPEO4) batteries.
- Reprinted by permission - BMPRO (a Setec brand).
What’s all the hype about? You’ve spent good money and invested in a Lithium battery. Most likely what is called a LIPEFO4 battery – Lithium Iron Phosphate. You’ve been sold on all the features such as lighter, faster to charge, higher capacity more cycles and better for the environment – now how do you look after it for the future to maximise all these features so you can get out and power your adventures. Can’t I just use any charger for my battery?
A standard lead-acid battery has a different construction and chemistry compared to a Lithium battery and this is why it has limited features compared to these newer batteries. Therefore to maximise these features which enable you to enjoy a more reliable power source when camping, a different charging requirement is essential.
Lithium batteries are made up of multiple internal sealed cells and then a battery management system that controls and monitors these cells. A lead-acid battery, by comparison, is purely made up of a chemical reaction with lead plates with no electronic controls. These electronic controls are generally called a BMS (Battery Management System). This BMS manages the cells during the charging process, unlike a lead-acid battery where the battery is “seen” as one cell.
A battery charger which has a dedicated charging profile for Lithium batteries utilises Constant Current (CC) followed by Constant Voltage (CV) to a particular capacity. Once the current drops to a particularly low-level charge will be stopped. Leaving Lithium batteries on a float charge is not ideal.
Holroyd Utowpia appointed BMPRO aftermarket distributor Australia
Holroyd Utowpia has been appointed as the Australian aftermarket distributor for BMPRO. BMPRO, a Setec product range, is designed and manufactured in Australia, and provides power management and battery charging solutions to the RV and caravan markets.
BMPRO, powered by Setec, announced this month that Holroyd Utowpia has been appointed to be the Australian aftermarket distributor of BMPRO.
Holroyd Utowpia has a long and proud history of manufacturing and supplying trailer axles and trailer parts. You tow it, we know it! Holroyd Utowpia is Australian-owned and been in business for over 70 years, proudly manufacturing axles using Australian steel and supplying a wide range of trailer parts to the OEM market.
The “Holroyd” name stands for product quality and great service; it’s for this reason that Holroyd Utowpia is pleased to distribute the BMPRO aftermarket range in Australia.
Holroyd Utowpia, together with Setec, powering your adventures.
To learn more about the BMPRO range of power management and battery management solutions, go to: www.teambmpro.com