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Building batteries like these based on LiFePO4 is very easy to do, but you have to think about safety, especially if you put a battery in a moving vehicle. If
by louwrentius 3y ago
Building batteries like these based on LiFePO4 is very easy to do, but you have to think about safety, especially if you put a battery in a moving vehicle.
If something goes wrong with these kind of batteries, it's never the batteries themselves (specifically LiFePO4) but it's always a bad connection or an undersized wire causing high resistance and thus heat --> fire.
In my case, my wires are quite oversized and I bought a proper lug nut crimping tool (and not use a vice or soldering (Don't do it)) to make the connections.
I've also really made all connections tight, double-checking them.
- ttul 3y agoYeah for sure. I am redoing all the wiring and replacing about half the cells because they went to zero… Will be over-specifying everything and making the routing super tidy. If you have the patience for that, DIY batteries are fun!