Swapping lead leisure battery to a lifepo4 battery

Lightkey

Hi there I own a T4 California westfalia from 1999 that it has still the original leisure battery. I'm thinking to put a lifepo4 battery but I don't know if the existing system can keep up with the higher amperes from the battery to battery charger . So I've found this site where they explains the swap

https://supervolt.de/lithium-batterie-im-vw-bus/

The questions is if the fuse box and the central panel are gonna be fine after all the changes with cables, lifepo4 and the battery to battery charger.

Thanks a lot and sorry for the language, but I don't speak German.

PeZe

No Problem. I use 60Ah Winston which get 30A from the Lima without problems.

May be you must use a b2b-Loader to fill it completly.

Sorry, not translator...)

Lightkey

Zitat von PeZe

No Problem. I use 60Ah Winston which get 30A from the Lima without problems.
May be you must use a b2b-Loader to fill it completly.
Sorry, not translator...)

So fuse box and control panel and the existing left cables are gonna be fine. So you are saying that you charge the your battery without a B2,,b charger but directly from the alternator? ( I guess Lima is the alternator) thanks a lot for your answer.

PeZe

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Phydeux3

I swapped my Exide battery with a LIFePO4 battery from solarkontor.de. It was just plug n‘play and I am using the original charger and everything. Maybe with a decent b2b charger the battery will be get charged quicker, and in practical reality the battery is charged from approx 60% to 99% after 3-4 hours of driving

J vd Pal

I did the same thing, no changes at all.

Lightkey

thanks a lot. I bought all the components to set a 230 ah lifepo4 battery + charger + B2B + fuses and etc. Hope everything will be fine. 1st trouble is where the split charger is located, as it's not where usually it is ?. I have to find it ?