Recommended for use with all lithium batteries. Unique LiFePO4 battery protection!

The OptiMate Lithium 0.8A 4S charges LiFePO4 / LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries with nominal voltage of 12.8V – 13.2V.

Special features:

• Saves low voltage LiFePO4 batteries
• Specialized LiFePO4 charge cycle
• Maintains & protects LiFePO4 batteries
• Battery BMS reSet 

CHARGING AMPS : 8A

USE : Indoor / Outdoor (lowest temperature: -4°F / -20°C).

SAVE : Low Volt Start of 0.5V + 3 step low volt save & test.

IDEAL FOR :LiFePO4 (LFP) 4 series cell 12.8 / 13.2V batteries from 2 – 30Ah.

INPUT : Global (100-240V 50-60Hz), high efficiency (CEC listed), fully Sealed.

STYLE : Weatherproof case with wall mounts, with 6ft / 180cm AC supply lead & 6ft / 180cm charge lead ending in SAE connector. Weatherproof battery lead & standard battery clip Set.

SAFE: No risk of overcharging. Totally safe for vehicle electronics. Sparks suppressed. Safe for long-term battery maintenance. Automatic shut-down if short-circuited or battery disconnected. 
3 year limited replacement warranty.

Why use OptiMate Lithium for Lithium batteries?

You’ve bought the performance motorcycle of your dreams. The manufacturer says it runs best on the highest octane premium petrol available where-ever you may be riding at the time. Even so, you make it your business to go out & always fill it with the cheapest low grade gasoline you can find.  Come on, 87 is close to 93, so surely a few points of octane cannot make a difference to performance?

Is this scenario likely? NO!  Would you be considered nuts if you did that? YES! 

Then why is it likely that you may buy an expensive premium lithium battery that works at a higher voltage & then charge & maintain it with an old lead-acid charger designed for lead-acid batteries that work at a lower voltage? Surely a volt or so cannot make a difference?
 

Well, it does, but you might be forgiven as buyers of lithium starter batteries have been fed false information that originates from the assumption that as the lithium battery is replacing the lead-acid in the vehicle it must be charged the same.
 

Actually, NO! Unfortunately it has caused many a lithium battery to die prematurely & many riders have ended up on the growing list of disillusioned users of lithium starter batteries.
 

Let’s Set this right:
Lead-acid & lithium batteries operate the same in the vehicle ONLY within the range of 13 to 14.4V.  Below that it changes : a lithium (LiFePO4) is close to 0% at 12.8V. It has no useful power left to give around the same voltage where the Sealed AGM / lead-acid battery is at full charge (12.7 to 12.9V)!

If you want your super light lithium battery to perform as intended, you should charge it with a lithium battery charger!

So, what does a lithium charger do differently & why?

Saving a low volt lithium battery – There are NO lead-acid chargers that can effectively SAVE a lithium battery that is discharged below 8V. In fact, the opposite is true, a lead-acid charger is more likely to kill that weak lithium battery!
A lead-acid charger is designed to deliver high current at low volts, exactly the opposite that a lithium battery needs when completely discharged. A lithium battery below 8V is in an unbalanced & sensitive state, cells are at different resistances. Applying high current will develop different voltages across the cells & the weakest is most likely to develop too high a voltage, which will effectively kill that cell & cause a short circuit. Then there are 3 cells left, each with increased over voltage …..  rapidly there will be none!

OptiMate Lithium’s SAVE mode has been developed following extensive R & D to bring back low voltage lithium cells safely. If a cell had developed damage during the deep discharge OptiMate Lithium will detect that & stop charging, preventing unnecessary overcharging of healthy cells or overheating the battery.

Tip on jump starting a low volt lithium battery - DON’T! As soon as the vehicle engine fires up very high current is delivered to the battery & the unbalanced cells will suffer. Rather SAVE & CHARGE it with an OptiMate Lithium! 
 

Correctly charging a lithium battery – A fact that no one can dispute – lithium batteries are voltage sensitive, they cannot accept higher than their maximum rated voltage! LiFePO4 cell’s ideal maximum charge voltage is 3.6V, calculating to 14.4V per 4 cell battery. Some advanced cells are able to accept a slight over voltage for short periods of time, up to 3.65V per cell, calculating to 14.6V on the vehicle. Over that all cells rapidly become ‘seat heaters’ & then they die!

OptiMate Lithium’s multi step charge mode is specifically designed to recharge lithium batteries to 100% & no more. The unique pulsing equalization mode removes the need to individually balance cells.

Maintaining a lithium battery – Lead-acid batteries have a higher internal drain which demands a continuous charge to keep them at 100%. Lead-acid maintainers are designed to do that.

Lithium batteries have a very low internal drain & do not need continuous maintenance though. Infact it will weaken the battery over time if this is done. Once a lithium battery is fully charged (100%) it cannot & should not receive further charging.

Best practice is to charge the battery to full and then only recharge it when the charge level has dropped a few points below 100%.

OptiMate Lithium’s maintenance charge mode automatically does that by monitoring the battery charge level & only delivering a charge when the battery needs it.