Victron Charger and Lithium batteriers

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thortof asked Mar 22, '22

Victron Charger and Lithium batteriers

Hallo there

Will this Victron charger, see foto (I cant find the model name) be able to charge on Lithium Batteries?

It has a 4 stage charging cyclus but I dont know if that is enough

and do anybody know the model name for this Charger

Best regards

Thorbjørn

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Answer 1 · 2022-03-22T07:25:18Z

Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) answered · Mar 22, 2022 at 07:25 AM

@Thortof

I think it is a Victron Blue Power GX IP20 charger, which is quite old and outdated. It has a fixed absorption voltage of 14.4V, a float voltage of 14V and 13.2V storage, thus not qualifying for Lithiums.

Datasheet: http://www.bsenet.de/lader/victron/Datenblatt/Datasheet_BluePowerBattery-Charger_IP20DE.pdf

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ejrossouw commented · Mar 22, 2022 at 07:31 AM

I am a bit surprised that it does not have a product label and serial on it, even for something old?

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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) ♦♦ ejrossouw commented · Mar 22, 2022 at 07:38 AM

I have no idea how Victron practiced it back then.

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Answer 2 · 2022-03-22T07:32:23Z

thortof answered · Mar 22, 2022 at 07:32 AM

Hi Stefanie thx for fast answer, no it is from 2010 or something, did not think it would be able to charge Lithium, but it was worth a try,

Do you Or anybody else know if ur can put a dc/dc Orion in between th old GX IP 20 charger and the Lithium batterie, same as you would but in between a Generator and a lithium?

If I needed a new charger would the IP22 be the one

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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) ♦♦ commented · Mar 22, 2022 at 07:36 AM

It could work with a Orion Tr-Smart 18A in between, but since you need shore power anyway, I think the easiest solution is to replace it with the IP22 successor. There is one which also has 3 outputs and 30A.

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