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I have a 24V battery-bank, powered by solar panels and a 12V battery, powered by a windmill. I want to be able to charge the 12V battery also from the 24V system. I'm thinking the Isolated Orion 24/12 20A should do the job. Is that the right choice or am I overlooking anything?
The battery (12V) in question is a 140 Ah gel battery.
Just about to do the same thing in my van. But in the opposite direction.
From 24V to 12V I have a similar Orion, can't remember the current rating. This feeds the starter battery through a trickle charger to stop the alternator from frying my 12V stuff, but I don't think you'll need that
shiuld work as what I heart, just that the none BT Orions can’t be set to two stage charging, and that is what lifepo4 batteries want. So if you have an Orion with adjustable output on the site where you want to charge (thats why there are 12/24 and 24/12) then for lifepo you have to set output to float voltage 13.6 and not to the desired charge voltage 14.6
