So here you are. The purpose of the group is laid out on the home page so you know why your here. At first I think we should decide where to start. I suggest...
First, I help run an online community site about electric vehicles: http://visforvoltage.net/ We're always interested in more discussion about all aspects of...
Well Big Dog and I have been fiddling with the site for awhile now, but today we open. I'd like to thank all of you who are joining here at the beginning. It ...
David, I got into this with the XR3 by RQRiley in mind. http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm Doesn't mean that that is the only project by any means, but that is ...
... Great. Please feel free to drop that link in the link section. we would be happy to send people there. ... Agreed. That's why deciding the specs of our...
Oh, I may have given a bad impression. The batteries I've played with were prebuilt packs ... the NiMH packs came from batteryspace, and my DeWalt packs are...
Perhaps one of the things we should determine right off the bat is which chemestry to use. Now in the subject header I only listed two categories. In my view...
Hi Gary, group: Apologies in advance for broadening the discussion, when the post was intended to narrow it. While Lead-Acid technology is heavy and has a low...
The problem with that is that Nimh don't like to be paralleled and Li do. So the basic design of the packs will be different as well as the management. So a ...
... was intended to narrow it. ... compared to LI and NiMH, it can't ... battery pack design. The ... pick up enough L/A for a ... to high performance...
... Excellent point Gadget. In parallel/serial combinations we would have to get creative. And Ray may have a good point that perhaps we should try different ...
... The problem with that, as I understand it, is the different chemistries have different characteristics. Especially in charging profiles. NiMH for example...
... I agree, lead/acid's days are numbered, but when it comes to large battery packs, it's a quick, simple solution. ... All my larger devices use lead acid,...
Gary-- How about thinking about Ni-Cd. They are a "trailing edge" technology but they are a mature technology - therefore less expensive, well-know problems so...
Hello All, My name is Daniel Richer. I am a kitcar manufacturer, and have comfronted many battey manufacturers as to their product, 1 company that impressed me...
SORRY, After reviewing my last post I overlooked the main objective of this group... " Affordable, Readily Available, Off-The-Shelf Batteries " Thanks, DAN ......
... group... ... No worries Dan, just because that's the goal doesn't mean we can't look at other batteries. We'd be foolish not to. Besides whatever is...
Well folks, grab a hold of this. . . .Think of every window glass in the world can be a solar collector to charge batteries for energy storage. Use it to...
I have to disagree here. Lions do not like to be paralled. It might appear to be a good idea but the dramatic individality of the cells will age all cells with...
I'd like to suggest a different approach. Instead of saying that there is only one kind of pack to make: I'd like to have a procedure, a recipe if you will,...
OK, so I tried once to make a battery pack by soldering brass sheet stock to interconnect 10 nickel-cadmium cells in series to make a repaired pack for my...
Well, it sounds good to me...would be really cool, especially down here in the Sunshine State, Arizona...but let me know when I can BUY it. Lots of good ideas...
Hey All, instead of deciding on one chemistry, how about coming up with some flexible solutions that would allow for different battery types? For example, a...
... I found this following some electric R/C links a few days ago, and thought it might be useful for assembling a simple generic battery pack for any number...
I've considered something like that, it seems doable for maybe 10 cells, but once you get to the hundreds/thousands of cell packs, you can't really use this...
