battery charging help needed

[Tyso17]

I have a dual soshine charger, and Sony vtc4's. what mode would I use for charging the sony's? LI-ion or Li-FeP? thanks

 

[Hans Wermhat]

I thought that charger was supposed to detect and auto set, but I could be wrong.

 

[93gc40]

LI-ion if you are using a LI-ion battery.

 

[bwh79]

I thought that charger was supposed to detect and auto set, but I could be wrong.

(Most?) chargers that can do LiFePO batteries cannot auto-detect them for whatever reason (that is above my pay grade so I can't tell you why) and must be manually set into LiFePO mode when using those batteries, even when it can tell the difference between Ni-Cd and Li-ion batts automagically.

 

[Mooch]

I have a dual soshine charger, and Sony vtc4's. what mode would I use for charging the sony's? LI-ion or Li-FeP? thanks

Definitely Li-Ion.

LFP batteries charge to 3.6V/cell.
Li-Ion charge to 4.2V/cell.

Just a side note...LFP batteries are Li-Ion. What most people mean when they say Li-Ion though are the IMR, INR and ICR batteries we vape with instead of LiPo (which are also Li-Ion) or LFP.

 

[WattWick]

(Most?) chargers that can do LiFePO batteries cannot auto-detect them for whatever reason (that is above my pay grade so I can't tell you why) and must be manually set into LiFePO mode when using those batteries, even when it can tell the difference between Ni-Cd and Li-ion batts automagically.

All a charger knows about a battery is its voltage. It then makes an assumption. 1-ish volt - it's a NiMH/NiCD. 3-ish volts - it's some kind of li-ion. It won't know which kind since any kind of li-ion (LiFe included) can be 3-ish volts.

Charging an IMR with the LiFe program won't damage the battery. It simply won't get fully charged.

 

[bwh79]

Charging an IMR with the LiFe program won't damage the battery. It simply won't get fully charged.

Good to know, thanks :thumbsup: