Living offgrid in a campervan since 2018 w/ pibble+boxer Muffin.

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  • Title says plugged in and body says plugged in at 100%; these can be separate concepts if one has fine control over the charging voltage.

    Will leaving my things plugged in at 100% hurt it more than constantly unplugging at 80% and replugging at 20%?

    Plenty of academic research out there showing that pegging Li to 100% SoC reduces cycle counts to EOL (by electrolyte degradation and other processes), especially at higher voltages/temps. You didn’t mention capacity reduction associated with charging at freezing temps so I assume that is a non-issue in your use case.

    It seems to me that if leaving it plugged in is an option you have shore/mains/grid power. So I’d

    • charge to middling SoC and unplug the powerstation (according to the manual); and
    • run the loads off the wall socket

    Am I missing something here?

    offgrid with LiFePO4

    I live offgrid with Li on a very limited budget, so performance and maximal cycle life is a practical matter for me. Based on my own reading and experimentation I charge my 4S LiFePO4 to 13.8v (3.45Vpc) until Absorption falls to 0.10C then quasi-float at 13.31v (3.3275Vpc). I warm them to 50F and charge at ≤0.4C.