Lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO4 or LFP) is the safest of the mainstream li-ion battery types.
The nominal voltage of a LFP cell is 3,2V (lead-acid: 2V/cell).
A 12,8V LFP battery therefore consists of 4 cells connected in series; and a 25,6V battery consists of 8 cells connected in series.
A LFP battery does not need to be fully charged.
Service life even slightly improves in case of partial charge instead of a full charge.
This is a major advantage of LFP compared to lead-acid.
Other advantages are the wide operating temperature range, excellent cycling performance, low internal resistance and high efficiency.LFP is therefore the chemistry of choice for very demanding applications.
LFP batteries are expensive when compared to lead-acid.
But in demanding applications, the high initial cost will be more than compensated by longer service life, superior reliability and excellent efficiency.This lithium battery has built in bluetooth so cell voltages, temperature and alarm status can be monitored.
Very useful to localize a (potential) problem, such as cell imbalance.
