Let your BMS manage the chargers

Let your BMS manage the chargers

Keeping a lithium battery full all the time will reduces its lifespan. After 10 years a battery will loose 17% of its capacity if its average state of charge is 50%, and it will loose 28% of its capacity if it is full most of the time (*).

TAO BMS can control the chargers to stop the charge at a set SOC and restart them when the SOC gets low.

New latching relay driver (LRD)

New latching relay driver (LRD)

Latching (bi-stable) relays have the great advantage to maintain their contact position indefinitely without any power being sent to the coil. They save a lot of energy compared to standard contactors that can consume up to 0.4 A to maintain their contacts closed (10 Ah per day / 300 Ah per month). But they need to be commanded by pulses…