Li batteries at 48vdc
After much deliberation and questions, I'll likely be purchasing the 48v Lithium battery pack instead of 4-12v. I liked the idea of 12v batteries for weight and ease of handling, but the possible cel...
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time2roll wrote:Bipeflier wrote:I imagine your batteries are getting charged or discharged outside of specification if they are prone to catch fire. Probably no BMS to control current, voltage and temperature.
I use Lithium batteries for my RC airplanes and they are susceptible to catching fire during charging or storage for various reasons.
Actually, in the RC world, most of the chargers are some of the best one can get - very sophisticated current, voltage and temp control. LiIon and LiPoly batteries are just more prone to catching fire - Samsung 7's, aircraft crashes, bans on shipping in aircraft, laptops, hoverboards, etc. There is always a risk, even when charged/discharged properly.
Lithium Iron (LiFePO4) are far and away much safer, and are generally what get used for RV, Marine and Auto. They can't quite give the output that other lithiums can, so aren't first choice where fast dumping of max. power is needed. But, when you don't need that, they work very well.
