ThanksI bought direst from LiTime from the “like new section”. They were “like new”, I couldn’t tell them from a new battery even the way they were packaged the post bolts were still In a sealed bag. Batteries arrived pretty quick, I’m guessing 6 days? Went with the
LiTime 12V 100Ah TM LiFePO4 Battery, Low-Temp Protection, Best Battery For Trolling Motor.
They seem to work great, been out a few times with them and the NOCO still shows them 3/4 full after a full day of being on the motor pretty good.
Figured middle of the pack might be good.
No, I have a cheap Amazon tester that I don’t trust so I just ordered a smart shunt. Charging them off the NOCO I already had and seems to work fine in the lithium setting. The low temp protection seems to work as advertised, the other morning I wanted to see if worked so I left the boat outside overnight and it was 27 the next morning and they wouldn’t charge. They seem to work fine in the cold, it was about 18 at the lake yesterday morning and no problems.Thanks
Are you using some short of smart shunt to monitor them?
What charger did you go with ?
Interesting I’ll have to look into that. Smart shunt might be getting returned.@ckleeves
I am no professional in this as I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to set mine up, but this is what multiple different people who are familiar with lithium setups and smart shunts are telling me.
If your NOCO is a dual bank 12volt charger using a smart shunt won't work. You would need to purchase a 24-volt lithium charger and each battery would probably need a balancer.
This is because the smart shunts do NOT support charging at one voltage & then discharging at a different voltage.
Keep them hooked up in parallel!For the guys who are knowledgeable on all things batteries am I better off wiring them separately with a switch between the two (12v Terrova, two matching 100 AH batteries) or in Parallel? Right now I have them wired in Parallel and followed all the info I could find online. Thoughts?