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What charger you using for your lithium or Lifepo4 solar generator batteries?

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curious to see what others are charging their batteries with? I'm using a NOCO genius 10 but it has only been charging my 100ah lifepo4 battery to 13.6 to 13.8 volts. I've been told I should be able to charge the battery to 14.2-14.6v. Is it my charger or are others seeing about the same on a full charge?
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curious to see what others are charging their batteries with? I'm using a NOCO genius 10 but it has only been charging my 100ah lifepo4 battery to 13.6 to 13.8 volts. I've been told I should be able to charge the battery to 14.2-14.6v. Is it my charger or are others seeing about the same on a full charge?
I wouldn't worry about your charging voltage to be honest. I see 14.3 in the car when it's charging the car battery (according to gauge cluster) but my solar array in the trailer or whether I am plugged into 30A service shows 13.6-13.8 volts. What you should look at instead is what the battery settles to without use after 6 hours or so after you stop charging. if you've got a full charge of 12.8-12.9V you got nothing to worry about.

More important is the amperage of your charge. If you deplete your batteries below low 11V, you should charge the battery with 20A or higher current which you won't achieve unless you have 300+ watts solar array.
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