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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoYou can buy a lithium car battery these days. Expensive as all get out, but you can get one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoYou shouldn’t replace a different type of battery with another. The vehicle will be set up with a different charging profile and you’d need to change that as well.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoAnd I’m not too certain what hardware is in cars but if its not setup to charge the li-ions just how they like, they tend to explode
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-25 months agoI’m guessing the batteries advertised as drop-in replacements have BMSs built in.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoYeah, that’s a fantastic way to start a fire. Lithium really doesn’t like being treated like lead acid…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI’ve been told there are addon charge controllers available for such situations. But as I said, it’s stupidly expensive.
You can buy a lithium car battery these days. Expensive as all get out, but you can get one.
You shouldn’t replace a different type of battery with another. The vehicle will be set up with a different charging profile and you’d need to change that as well.
And I’m not too certain what hardware is in cars but if its not setup to charge the li-ions just how they like, they tend to explode
I’m guessing the batteries advertised as drop-in replacements have BMSs built in.
Yeah, that’s a fantastic way to start a fire. Lithium really doesn’t like being treated like lead acid…
I’ve been told there are addon charge controllers available for such situations. But as I said, it’s stupidly expensive.