Victron Energy - LiFePO4 (Lithium) Battery Smart 12.8V & 25.6V

Victron Energy Lithium Battery Smart batteries are Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries and are available in 12.8 V or 25.6 V in various capacities. They can be connected in series, parallel and series/parallel so that a battery bank can be built for system voltages of 12 V, 24 V or 48 V. The maximum number of batteries in one system is 20, which results in a maximum energy storage of 84 kWh in a 12 V system and up to 102 kWh in a 24 V¹ and 48 V¹ system. A single LFP cell has a nominal voltage of 3.2 V. A 12.8 V battery consists of 4 cells connected in series and a 25.6 V battery consists of 8 cells connected in series.

Why lithium-Iron-phosphate? 

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A lead-acid battery will fail prematurely due to sulfation:

 • If it operates in deficit mode during long periods of time (i.e. if the battery is rarely, or never at all, fully charged).

 • If it is left partially charged or worse, fully discharged (yacht or mobile home during wintertime).

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 (see below).

LFP is therefore the chemistry of choice for demanding applications. Efficient

 • In several applications (especially off-grid solar and/or wind), energy efficiency can be of crucial importance.

 • The round-trip energy efficiency (discharge from 100% to 0% and back to 100% charged) of the average lead-acid battery is 80%.

 • The round-trip energy efficiency of a LFP battery is 92 %.

 • The charge process of lead-acid batteries becomes particularly inefficient when the 80 % state of charge has been reached, resulting in efficiencies of 50 % or even less in solar systems where several days of reserve energy is required (battery operating in 70 to 100 % charged state).

 • In contrast, a LFP battery will still achieve 90 % efficiency under shallow discharge conditions.

Size and weight

 • Saves up to 70 % in space

 • Saves up to 70 % in weight

 Expensive?

 • 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.

Bluetooth

 • With Bluetooth cell voltages, temperature and alarm status can be monitored.

 • Instant readout: The VictronConnect App can display the most important data on the Device list page without the need to connect to the product.

 • Very useful to localize a (potential) problem, such as cell imbalance.

¹ To reduce required balancing time, we recommend using a little different batteries in series as possible for the application. 24 V systems are best built using 24 V batteries. And 48 V systems are best built using two 24 V batteries in series. While the alternative, four 12 V batteries in series, will work, it will require more periodic balancing time.