There is a good chance your battery came with, or should have, advice to charge the battery every six months or less to keep it alive.
I know we hate to read instructions...but in this case it is an expensive avoidance. Had my education. Nu6t On Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 1:15 PM Drew AF2Z <pu...@af2z.net> wrote: > Batteries have their place but in general I hate the things. Anyone who > has had to maintain a battery systems does. Now I have them scattered > all around the house in various states of charge or dying... > > Oh sure, they're great for one or two portable devices that you use > frequently. But here I am again, back in the battery maintenance role > and not even getting paid for it... Yeah, in general I hate batteries. > Having a battery-based energy distribution system is just plain nuts. > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z > > > > On 06/29/22 14:57, Al Lorona wrote: > > Late last week, I pulled my two-year-old LiFePO4 battery out for Field > Day prep and found that it had failed. Efforts to reset the battery > management system didn't succeed. I got to use this battery on exactly two > Field Days, which means it cost me almost $200 per Field Day! Sad, very, > very sad. > > > > The dealer is honoring the warranty and a new battery is on the way, but > I've become a LiFePO4 skeptic. I don't care for battery management system > electronics that can fail where I can't get to them: sealed up inside the > battery case. > > > > If stuff like this starts happening to everybody's electric car... oh > boy, look out! > > > > > > Al W6LX/4 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to pu...@af2z.net > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to nu6t.r...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
