Thinking of going LiFePO4
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:41 pm
I have one of the cheap Chinese electric scooters which started appearing in this country a few years ago, but having now run it for nearly 2 years the original SLAs seem to be starting to "sag" a little. The cost of LiFePO4 seems to have been coming down and I'm beginning to think it will soon be time to take the plunge.
I've been looking at Headway cells and I like the way they seem to be easily assembled into packs, but I don't want to make a mistake on the BMS and charger front. I've started reading through the "old BMS" threads and what's been going on there looks very interesting. I'm running my scooter at 72V at the moment but (space permitting) I'll probably be looking at a 76.8V (24S) setup, just wondered if anyone has any advice on what I should be looking at charger-wise, and the availability/cost of your BMS Peter?
TIA
I've been looking at Headway cells and I like the way they seem to be easily assembled into packs, but I don't want to make a mistake on the BMS and charger front. I've started reading through the "old BMS" threads and what's been going on there looks very interesting. I'm running my scooter at 72V at the moment but (space permitting) I'll probably be looking at a 76.8V (24S) setup, just wondered if anyone has any advice on what I should be looking at charger-wise, and the availability/cost of your BMS Peter?
TIA