Do You Upgrade UPS Batteries To Lithium Iron Phosphate (Lifepo4)?

Brian Rhodes

•Dec 22, 2023

IPVMU Certified

Battery chemistry is touchy, and there may be an obvious answer I'm missing: But why aren't most UPS battery backups using modern Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) replacement batteries instead of old/heavy/shorter life lead acid / AGM types?

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** *** ******* *** ********* ** Lithium **** ********* (*******)? ** **, why ***?

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

•Dec 22, 2023

******* ******* **** ** *** ******* me ** * **** **** *****, but ** ************* ** **** ******* batteries ** *** **** ***** ******** like **** ******* *** ******** ******* will **, **** **** ******* ******* ion *********. ***** ******** **** ******** their ********, *** *******. **'* *** cellphones **** ********** ******** ***** ***, that **** **** *** ******* **** the ******* **** ** **** ******* charge.

**, ** ***** ****** ****: ** you **** * * ********** ******** circuit ***** *** *** ***** *** battery's ****** ******* **%-**%, ** ****** that ***** - ******* ** * good ****. *** ** **'* ** unsupervised ******* **** **** ******* ***** charging ** *** ******* ********* ***'** have * *** ****.

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**** **** **** * ***** ** salt - **** ** ****** *********** I **** **** **** * ******* with ** ********** ******** *** * battery ******* ***** * **** ***. That ****** *** ***, *** ******* than * ** ** **** ******* that *******, * *** ****** **** the **********.

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Jerome Miller

•Dec 24, 2023

*** ***** ****** ** ** *** cost ** *** ******* ******. **** the ***** ******** ** ***** **** a ***** *** ******** ****** *** monitoring ***** ** ********.

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Undisclosed End User #2

•Dec 24, 2023

**, ****** ******, ******* ** ****** combustible *** ***** ** **** ******* Celsius, *** *** **** ****** **** steel. *** **** ** **** ********* extinguishers *** ****, * *********** **** will *** ***** **** ** ***** react ** *** **** ** ***, and * **** ****** ** ********** from ********* *********.

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

•Jan 05, 2024

******* ********* ** *** ***** **** like **-*** *********. **** *** ************* safer **** **-***. ************* **-*** *** higher ****** ******* - **** ** why **-*** ** **** ** **** phone, ** ***, ***. *******, ******* batteries **** * **** ******* ******** than **-***.

******* ********* ** ***** *********** ********** over *** ********* - *** *** discharge **** ** *% ******* ******** them, **** *** ** ******* / discharged ********* ** *****, **** ***** less *** **** ******* ******** *** the **** *********, **** ** *** vent *** ******, **** **** * very **** ********* ******* *******.

*** *** **** * *** (******* management ******) *****-** *** *** ** not **** ** ***** ***** ****-********. Make **** **** ******* **** ****** 13.6VDC ** * ***** ******* *** you **** *** **** *** ****** with ***** ****.

***** *** ***** * *** *** / **** ***** ********* **** **** a *** *** **** *** ** a *********** ***** *****, ****** ******* panel, *** ***** ******, ***, ***. that **** *** / *** *** batteries. * ******* ** ****** *** time ******* ** *** ******* ******** and ******* **** *** ** ********** much **** **** * *** ******* damage.

*** **** **** *** *** ** robust ** *** ********* ** ** sub-freezing *****. **** **** ******* ***** well ***** ******** *** **** ****** not ** ******* ** ***** *********** is ** ** ***** ********. ** your *********** ******** ** ******* ***** supply ** ** **** ***** ******** temps *** ******** *** * *** battery - ****** *** *** ***** to *** ** ************* *********. **** that **** ******* ******* ********* ******* a *** **** *** * *** temperature ********** ** ******* ******** ** the ******* **** ** *** ***.

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