And if you don't charge it right.... ;-)
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 3:11 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> Depending on how you figure li-ion battery voltage (I use 3.7 volts per
> cell; I've seen some others say 3.6 volts per cell), it will take 13 li-ion
> batteries to make 48 volts.
>
> The big issue that I can imagine is that li-ion have a completely
> different charging profile from SLA batteries. I don't know whether it
> would be better to try to build an array at 48 volts, or go for something
> much larger (say 480 volts), and do a DC-DC converter to get whatever
> voltage you want on the other side.
>
> This will be an interesting discussion.
>
> bp
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> On 6/22/2017 11:36 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
>
> Lithium Ion batteries are getting so cheap these days it�s tempting to
> fabricate a battery bank out of them and use them for backup power. Do they
> behave well with constant voltage running through them supplied by a
> typical Mean Well AC to DC Converter, or would a special maintainer with an
> automatic transfer switch be required?
>
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> Chris Wright
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