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Use a Orion TR Smart to charge a Lifepo4 via the leisure batteries

Hi in my MAN TGE Van I would like to use the Orion TR Smart to charge my new Lifepo4 battery through the alternator/leisure battery. So far this is a common setup. What I'm missing is a solution for shore charging. Is ist ok to connect the shore charger to the starter battery and then the load the Lifepo4 battery through the Orion TR Smart?


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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) answered ·

Hi @Kstyler,

yes this is possible and also a common setup.

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kstyler answered ·

Perfect thank you.

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kstyler answered ·

And because the starter battery is AGM I set the shore charger to AGM mode, right?

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Yes, absolutely.

The Orion does not care about your shore charger settings. It will look only at the voltage coming from the starter battery.

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