{"id":17564,"date":"2026-07-17T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=17564"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:41:30","slug":"monitoring-temperature-while-charging-sla-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/monitoring-temperature-while-charging-sla-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Temperature While Charging SLA Battery!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lWRSBxpBRz8?si=Q0dk4L5hEf7Ea3vB\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monitoring temperature, current and voltage are ideal while charging Sealed Lead Acid Battery. In case on my Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery, it has a built in Battery Management System or BMS (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZEH1Ll7nHq8\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZEH1Ll7nHq8<\/a>), which does the job. Monitoring temperature, current and voltage are ideal while charging Sealed Lead Acid Battery. Here I am monitoring manually, using a thermostat probe. That probe has option to cutoff charging automatically, but I am not using that option as I am monitoring only external temperature of the charger. Ideally the internal temperature of the battery has to be monitored, which is not possible for this sealed lead acid battery with this setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital temperature controller thermostat on Amazon: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.amazon\/B07ckZST7\">https:\/\/link.amazon\/B07ckZST7<\/a> Please note that if you buy through this link, Amazon will pay me a tiny amount as an affiliate, at no extra cost to the buyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring temperature, current and voltage are ideal while charging Sealed Lead Acid Battery. In case on my Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery, it has a built in Battery Management System or BMS (https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZEH1Ll7nHq8), which does the job. Monitoring temperature, current and voltage are ideal while charging Sealed Lead Acid Battery. 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