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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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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) answered ·

@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I think it is a Victron Blue Power GX IP20 charger, which is quite old and outdated.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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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) avatar image Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) ♦♦ ejrossouw commented ·

I have no idea how Victron practiced it back then.

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thortof answered ·

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) avatar image Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) ♦♦ commented ·
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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