Optimate Lithium Battery Saving Charger & Tester 12V 0.8A

Optimate Lithium Battery Saving Charger & Tester 12V 0.8A

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OPTIMATE LITHIUM BATTERY SAVING CHARGER & TESTER 12V 0.8A

OptiMate is a charger/maintainer that you can leave connected to any battery whicle a vehicle is not being used. Simply attach the pigtail lead to your battery and leave the connector some where for easy connection, on a bike for example, under your pillion seat, behind a panel, a rear foot rest. The lead has a weather proof cover to protect it from corrosion.

Simply connect OptiMate after every ride and your battery will ALWAYS be fully charged.
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 : 0.8A
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 and 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 the OptiMate Lithium Charger for Lithium batteries?

Lead-acid and 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 and 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 and sensitive state, cells are at different resistances. Applying high current will develop different voltages across the cells and the weakest is most likely to develop too high a voltage, which will effectively kill that cell and 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 and 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 and the unbalanced cells will suffer. Rather SAVE and 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’ and then they die!
OptiMate Lithium’s multi step charge mode is specifically designed to recharge lithium batteries to 100% and 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 and 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 and 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 and only delivering a charge when the battery needs it.
The SAFE & unique multistage battery optimiser specially designed for 12V LiFePO4 / LFP batteries up to 100 Amp-hours capacity.
OptiMate Lithium is totally safe for months-long connection and maintenance of irregularly or seasonally used batteries even while still connected to the vehicle. The sophisticated charging algorithm ensures no risk of over-charging.
Delivered with two interchangeable SAE connection sets, one with clamps for bench charging, the other with in-line protection fuse and eyelet terminals for permanent connection to the vehicle’s battery to allow easy reconnection of charger when necessary.
3-year warranty.

SKU: 4-TM478

Shipping Details

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Returns

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We understand you may need to return or exchange your item for a number of reasons. It may not fit; you were told your bike was a different year model or perhaps you purchased the wrong item by mistake. All is good. We would be happy to help you with your return.

WHAT can be returned?
Most items are returnable, some restrictions apply. Electrical items and special orders are non-refundable.

WHEN do items need to be returned by?
Firestorm Motorcycles offers a 90 day return providing the items are undamaged and are in original packaging.

WHERE do items need to be returned to?
All items are to be returned to our retail store:

Firestorm Motorcycles
13/21 Enterprise Avenue,
Tweed Heads South
NSW 2486

HOW do customers return items?
Contact one of our sales team prior to sending any returns or if you have an account, you can request a return via the website.

SHIPPING for returns?
Unfortunately Australia Post and Couriers do not work for free, so the buyer pays for all shipping cost on incorrectly purchased items. If the item is under warranty or an incorrect item has been sent don't worry, Firestorm Motorcycles will pay for return shipping costs.

CREDIT for returns?
Exchange or refund (less original postage costs - $9.90).

Packing materials?
Items will need to be in original packaging in order to process returns so they can be sold to another happy customer. Thankyou.

Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.