Lithium melt down

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03-31-2021, 02:42 PM

Tommy C

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Originally Posted by ahhlou

batteries and tires, the bane of a biker's existence...

....and oil. There's always oil.......

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The scary thing about lithium is that they can fail spectacularly even when the vehicle isn’t operating.

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Originally Posted by 02fx4dude

I thought these lithium motorcycle and automotive batteries had charge control and cell balancing electronics in the battery, Guess not.

As mentioned, be glad meltdown is all that happened.

Some, not all, have a battery management system installed. The cheaper ones many folks buy do not have that feature.

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The scary thing about lithium is that they can fail spectacularly even when the vehicle isn’t operating.

I have also seen lead acid batteries explode from over charging. I have also known of a battery that shorted internally after a ride and it started smoking. We saw it and were able to get the battery out before it exploded and caught fire. But that was 30+ years ago.

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