The situation has fundamentally changed with my adding the inverter. Between the BMS and inverter, they pull a quiescent 0.5A with no useful load connected.
As this forces the charger to remain in bulk, I canceled the first cycle in fear of destroying the battery.
Then I switched to the built in preset “Smart Lithium (LiFePO4)” thinking that the lower Abs voltage (14.2V) may help to complete Bulk, but I guess really only the current makes a difference.
The built in preset started a new cycle and also remained in Bulk @14.2V and 0.5A until it reached the bulk time limit (1day) then it completely skipped Abs and it’s been in Float @13.5V and 0.5A for about 4.5 hours now.
I may need to reconfigure to a shorter bulk time limit unless there is a bulk current setting available (I haven’t really looked into detailed bulk settings yet).
As far as repeated absorption, not sure when I would even expect to see that now (again, the setting has changed to 1day even for the built-in preset), having no absorption in this current cycle at all, not sure when the counter would even start…
