Normally, I wait until the final resolve is stated. But because there is
continuing interest to developments on this topic, I have a couple of
pieces on this that I will post tonight.
{brucedp.150m.com}
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Bill Dube wrote:
> It is looking more like the BMS (or "charger" as the press calls it,)
> is to blame. Might still be the batteries. BMS should have caught it,
> however.
>
> Nice article here:
> http://www.technologyreview.com/news/509981/grounded-boeing-787-dreamliners-use-batteries-prone-to-overheating/
>
> The comments are even more interesting. The "charger" company office
> burned to the ground in 2006. Looks like one of the "charger" company
> employees filed a whistle blower lawsuit due to shipping defective
> product. Interesting reading.
>
> My bet is that it the problem is an unbalanced pack, either caused
> by, or uncorrected by, the BMS. Whatever the root cause is, it was
> compounded by picking Cobalt Oxide chemistry.
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