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- Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mechanical Speed Controller
- Replies: 13
- Views: 37578
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:04 pm
- Forum: Electric Motor Bikes
- Topic: OK to paint the controller black?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 28245
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:51 am
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Innovative DIY approach to car conversion...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21295
- Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:39 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: LiIon/LiFePo Cells Pricing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34859
Chris Here's a link to a European distributor of lithium ion that may give some idea of prices at the cheaper end of the market – although again no BMS, which seems to be essential. Simon Sounds like a nice project – a lot more challenging than my mini conversion, but I have very limit...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:18 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Lifepo4 cells catch fire!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 245661
Looking around for more information about the composition of lithium phosphate cells and combustion products, I came across this wiki that I'd not read before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery Quote: LiFePO4 is an intrinsically safer cathode material than LiCoO2 and mangan...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:02 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Lifepo4 cells catch fire!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 245661
One thing that the Prius fire and the you tube video show is that these cells can generate tremendous heat when something goes wrong and that heat can easily start a fire even if the cells themselves don't catch fire. I think that's one of the most important messages to come out of all this. It's o...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:33 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Lifepo4 cells catch fire!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 245661
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:30 pm
- Forum: Hot off the press....
- Topic: Jozzbikes in MCN
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10764
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:26 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Metal interactions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17512
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:39 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Metal interactions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17512
It's a long time since I put my metallurgy books away, but if I remember right the potential problem with joining aluminium to steel is galvanic corrosion. The aluminium, which is the more reactive, corrodes preferentially if the two metals are connected by an electrolyte. In other words as long as ...