Just purchased a Paradigm 390 MP which has a Progressive Dynamics PD 1620 A Inverter/ Charger. The battery that came in the unit is a 27 AH lead acid cell. I am intending on replacing it with a LIFEPO 100 AH battery with cold and hot sensing. Will this power converter sense this battery or is there a setting on this unit that needs to be changed?
Installed Progressive Dynamics PD1620A and LIFEPO Battery
- Thread starter billbaio
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Here's what I find in the Manual for the 1600 series regarding Lithium:
- Page 5: To protect both the inverter and the battery bank the PD1600 series inverter has been designed with integral under voltage and over voltage protection. These voltage limits are designed to operate with a lead-acid battery bank without damaging the batteries. The inverter may also be used with a 12V lithium ion battery pack (LiFePO4) with a properly configured BMS. See Specifications on page 15 for voltage limits.
- Page 10: PD1600 series inverters are compatible with BOTH lithium and lead acid batteries.
Here's a link to the manual in the Owner Empowerment area of our corporate website.
Focker
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Same with the Valors, there is a little switch that is easily changed right in the panel.
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@billbaio - I'm pretty sure that while the 1620A is Lithium compatible per the manual, the device is actually an Inverter-only and not an Inverter/Charger.
As @darrell and @Focker have mentioned, the battery charging in our build is done via the Converter that is typically part of the breaker/fuse panel. The Charging Mode switch does need to be moved to Li. Here's a tip doc on that.
As @darrell and @Focker have mentioned, the battery charging in our build is done via the Converter that is typically part of the breaker/fuse panel. The Charging Mode switch does need to be moved to Li. Here's a tip doc on that.
