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Trackrig
Explorer II
Jan 05, 2016

A report on using Lithium batteries in an MH for 3.5 years.

A lot of people look at lithium and read about it, but few have actually installed it in a MH. Cherie and Chris who live and work full time from a bus conversion have had lithium for over 3.5 years a...
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mena661
Explorer
Jan 08, 2016
toolttime wrote:
IMO I don't believe the lithium batteries are safe enough yet from fires. Look a the hover boards lately that are burning up. The Boeing Dream liner that caught on fire was from the lithium batteries burning. They have away to go yet to perfect them.
Lithium Ion is a battery "family" not a single chemistry. Some are a LOT more volatile than others. You and I can't buy the 787 batts. The one's we can are a lot safer and much less energy dense.

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