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greenrvgreen
Jan 14, 2015Explorer
If these are the same batteries currently offered as lighter alternatives for performance motorcycle starting batteries, here is a caution offered FWIW.
If these are the batteries rated in "amp hour equivilence" (and I may have the alphabet soup incorrect), they are not appropriate for dry camping or any moderate streaming load. Their ah equivelent rating is meant to advertise how much less Peukert is able to mess with these batteries under very high-amp starting loads. Because they are much much better at streaming high current, they hold only a fraction of the actual ah of their ratings.
If I have the chemistry wrong and am talking about a different Li-Fe-something, my apologies.
If these are the batteries rated in "amp hour equivilence" (and I may have the alphabet soup incorrect), they are not appropriate for dry camping or any moderate streaming load. Their ah equivelent rating is meant to advertise how much less Peukert is able to mess with these batteries under very high-amp starting loads. Because they are much much better at streaming high current, they hold only a fraction of the actual ah of their ratings.
If I have the chemistry wrong and am talking about a different Li-Fe-something, my apologies.
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