Judy Heald wrote:Definitely wished I hadn't clicked on this thread while sitting in my caravan with my 4 little ones and with 4 new lithium batteries for our solar system. I'd feel more comfortable about it if I was in a house and could fire insulate the room they were in.
I have to now work double hard to shift my frequency away from fire fear.
As mentioned above lithium iron type chemistries are safer then other lithiumchemistries. Use a good quality mppt charge controller no pwm types for
solar. In a van I would suggest a victron to act as the go between between alternator and battery do not use an old fashion isolator to send the power to it directly from the alternator. Make sure your battery bank has a built in hi temp cut out. Install a smoke detector. Do not. Do not charge to 100 percent if possible.