Just curious - why Lithiums are so heavy?
100 AH, flooded, 66-69 lbs. 100 AH, Li, 29-31 lbs. Brain-dead sellers jumping on a new bandwagon, "One-fifth the weight of a traditional battery", yahooo.... More usable capacity, yes, but not...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I don’t know if I would do it all the time but we run our cars down to 5 to 10 percent once in awhile when we make a certain trip
Is this not what you are ALLOWED to take from the battery and not the same thing as ADVERTISED ampere hours on individual Li-ion batteries?
Is there not a chart that explains depth of discharge of a Li-Ion battery versus expected cycle life? I seem to be having trouble finding one...
Yah. Think you are right. Dead is not dead. Just a limit set by the car company. I don't know what percentage that is though. I think the car starts to limit as well at the end, or at least the one does. Kind of a last ditch effort to save power. It allows one restart after it turtles so you can move to the edge of the road. Maybe a kilometer. Like I say. Hasn't happened to us yet but I have read stories on the other forum.
