Really interesting information here about low temp charging and solar power.
Denis is a PhD and was a professor at University for years.
Factory video tour to come.
Battleborn battery CEO interview
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Really interesting information here about low temp charging and solar power.
Denis is a PhD and was a professor at University for years.
Factory video tour to come.
gnubie
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Interesting discussion. I'd like to think that words direct from the CEO of a quality manufacturer will put a lot of the things floating around about lifepo4 to rest, but I know it won't. Of course, things will be different for a junk grade battery.
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Sojourner1
Itinerant
That was an awesome interview with some good myth busting info all in one place. Dennis seems like a straight shooter not trying to sell/ push their product but giving good info on LFP.
Great job Will!
Great job Will!
KG6S
ELI the ICE man
My batteries like the same temperatures I like!
Solarfun4jim
Solar seduced :-)
Cracking interview by two relaxed guys....puts a lot of issues into perspective. Comes across that battleborne build leeway into every aspect, so worth keeping that in mind if comparing to other manufacturers at lower price points....may be prudent to excercise bigger tolerances in those others.
Great job Will ;-)
Great job Will ;-)
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Fascinating!! I love it! Is the internal heater the new battery tech you were hinting at last week @Will Prowse ?
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Scottsdream
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Glad to hear BB's have headroom on their upper and lower limits so when/if things go wonky a bit we don't destroy a fairly costly component. Seems to me based on my take of Dennis' explanation you'd have to really abuse a LFP battery to significantly reduce it's overall performance ( at least a BB)
Just cranked out another. Going to sleep now :D
Let me know what you think
Let me know what you think
Sojourner1
Itinerant
From watching many different interviews that Battleborn has done with different youtubers/ bloggers they really seem to be a down to earth company with the ability to simplify their answers for fairly easy questions so they're not talking over your head.
I'm not a dropin battery guy, I like the prismatic cells myself but if I was in the market for a dropin battery Battleborn would probably be it with the after the sell service support they give especially if they go to a larger AH capacity battery.
Sojourner1
Itinerant
You are correct that the info has been out for years but the average guy isn't going to go through hours and hours of searching out relevant white papers, then possibly misinterpreting the info that's in those papers.
The misinformation that gets parroted over and over again has been out for years also and still surfacing after it's been corrected.
The video does a well job with simplified answers for easy understanding.
Start of video to 6:30, low temps
@6:30 high temp/ degradation
@8:30 cycling
@9:30 longevity/ charge profile
@11:30 balancing
@12:50 floating
@15:40 storage
@17:40 cold cranking (which in reality doesn't really apply to lfp) terminology.
What they touched on carries over to all of LiFePo4 basically which for some of us that have been using this chemistry for many years in a daily operating system know because we can see it in operation, but some of the new comers don't really understand it because they read somewhere bad information being parroted.
Thank you so much for writing out the timestamps, I appreciate it big time. Posted the timestamps as a comment on the video and pinned it. Thank you!!!You are correct that the info has been out for years but the average guy isn't going to go through hours and hours of searching out relevant white papers, then possibly misinterpreting the info that's in those papers.
The misinformation that gets parroted over and over again has been out for years also and still surfacing after it's been corrected.
The video does a well job with simplified answers for easy understanding.
Start of video to 6:30, low temps
@6:30 high temp/ degradation
@8:30 cycling
@9:30 longevity/ charge profile
@11:30 balancing
@12:50 floating
@15:40 storage
@17:40 cold cranking (which in reality doesn't really apply to lfp) terminology.
What they touched on carries over to all of LiFePo4 basically which for some of us that have been using this chemistry for many years in a daily operating system know because we can see it in operation, but some of the new comers don't really understand it because they read somewhere bad information being parroted.
SolarRat
Solar Addict
Seems like a well run company. So, did you find out what brand of batteries they use?
grizzzman
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well you sure have a point!You are correct that the info has been out for years but the average guy isn't going to go through hours and hours of searching out relevant white papers, then possibly misinterpreting the info that's in those papers.
The misinformation that gets parroted over and over again has been out for years also and still surfacing after it's been corrected.
The video does a well job with simplified answers for easy understanding.
Start of video to 6:30, low temps
@6:30 high temp/ degradation
@8:30 cycling
@9:30 longevity/ charge profile
@11:30 balancing
@12:50 floating
@15:40 storage
@17:40 cold cranking (which in reality doesn't really apply to lfp) terminology.
What they touched on carries over to all of LiFePo4 basically which for some of us that have been using this chemistry for many years in a daily operating system know because we can see it in operation, but some of the new comers don't really understand it because they read somewhere bad information being parroted.
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