12V LiFePO4 Heat Torture Test! Did we kill it!?
Published 2023-11-04
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All Comments (21)
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Comment what you thought the degradation would be below! Affiliate link for this battery: amzn.to/3MuohMW If you want batteries that don't suck, check out my recommendations here! www.mobile-solarpower.com/lithium-batteries.html If you need a budget friendly 48V system, check out this: www.mobile-solarpower.com/mobile-48v-system.html
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Now here's a battery review I want to see....
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i say do your own video of cycling lifepo4 in freezing temps!
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That’s awesome leaving it out there for two years I know I live in Las Vegas 😂
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I don't know where you are in Vegas but I'm in Arizona and I know how hot it gets on that side of the house and I can't believe that it's not destroyed
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I too use one of these for my gate opener. I solved the cold charge problem by placing a temperature sensitive "snap" switch in the positive lead from the solar panel. It opens at 35 F. The BMS takes care of high temp and charge control. Crude but effective and the current involved is well below the switch rating.
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I should try to do a 'Reassembly Video', on the batteries Will has , um, , , disassembled....lol
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I had some led acid batteries for 10 years operating in Temps from -7f to 118f and not even fully charged all the time.
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Amazing timing.. I just used that same battery for Halloween.. However, I charge it up use for only 1 night a year, charge it up and let it sit in the garage until next year. Hasn't failed me yet.
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I have Lipo4 300A/ea. batteries for about 10yrs now & still working. My batteries bank about 76K Ahr.
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Nice video! This one of many reasons the Nobel price was given to the inventers.
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Lifepo4 continue to surprise me. I have some old batteries that are still chugging along nicely 😎
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Thanks for that info. Still a lot of misinformation out there with carryover from lithium ion batteries to keep between 80-20%.
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Will, you are a gift to the solar community.
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For a simple set up like that, with one battery, connected to one device, what do you use for a solar charge controller? One for lead acid batteries since they are so similar in terms of voltages? I'm not taking large setups, just something simple & small like that.
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I was guessing 30% loss, Good stuff
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this the reason LFP is currently the best for EVs. Even LFP with Manganese is not good, while it slightly increases density, it sacrifices a lot of the cycle life and maybe durability. I'm also not too keen on sodium ion chemistry for several years as I think LFP will be price competitive considering the performance superiority.
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Will, how about doing a cold temp. torture test with various 100-200ah batteries/cells.
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It did pretty dang good?? Come on Will, this thing just Aced it!! Give credit where credits due. This supposedly pos showed just what it's made of😊 Haha, every once in a while, every a blind squirrel finds a nut now and than. I wonder how many other forgotten jewels are still chugging along years later?
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I always enjoy seeing what's next ! TAKE CARE..
