LITHIUM battery?
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The new battery from Shoraipower is not the same chemistry as used in laptops and model planes. Those use either lithium ion (computors or R/C reciever power) or lithum Poylomer (R/C motor power). Lithium iron is supposedly a much more stable chemistry and not prone to the problems the other chemistrys have. I have read you can shoot a bullet through a lithium iron battery and have no reaction, just a destroyed battery. There is a guy on the Goldwing forum that is doing an evaluation for Shoraipower and the biggest differance he has found is a slight decrease in cranking power on a cold morning, easily fixed by just turning on the headlight for about a minute before hitting the starter. Even without the minute wait he claims the motor turns over as hard or harder than it does with the stock battery.
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I think I will stick to my Interstate. I know when it's on it's way out. I trust it with the HD charging system and if it takes that long to start my bike I'll figure the issue out.
We'll be hearing a lot about battery technology.
We'll be hearing a lot about battery technology.
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I'll also stay with AGM batteries, it's a well devoleped technowledgy at a better price. I just posted the information for those confusing the new Lithium iron battery with the other lithium chemistrys. The problems of improper charging and battery ignition seem to be a non issue with Lithium iron.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJCZ4ayioCU
Lithium batteries are safe, I use them all the time for many uses. Just a reminder that all batteries should be handled with care and that bad things can happen when you have a stored power source fail.
Lithium batteries are safe, I use them all the time for many uses. Just a reminder that all batteries should be handled with care and that bad things can happen when you have a stored power source fail.
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The only rechargeable batteries with any known "memory" effect are NiCd or sintered-plate Nickel Cadmium batteries, and is very hard to reproduce.
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The new battery from Shoraipower is not the same chemistry as used in laptops and model planes. Those use either lithium ion (computors or R/C reciever power) or lithum Poylomer (R/C motor power). Lithium iron is supposedly a much more stable chemistry and not prone to the problems the other chemistrys have. I have read you can shoot a bullet through a lithium iron battery and have no reaction, just a destroyed battery. There is a guy on the Goldwing forum that is doing an evaluation for Shoraipower and the biggest differance he has found is a slight decrease in cranking power on a cold morning, easily fixed by just turning on the headlight for about a minute before hitting the starter. Even without the minute wait he claims the motor turns over as hard or harder than it does with the stock battery.
I wonder what the CCA is of his replacement battery versus the original. Unless he "cheaped" out on the new battery, he should have more CCA for a given volume, not less.
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It's a Mil spec technology , somehow I don't thing uncle sam would putting them into line combat vehicles if they were so prone to spontaneous combustion . It would stand to reason there's something not common knowledge here yet , lets just hope it does trickle down to us .
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LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate) batteries have the benefits of more CCA and much lighter weight, and the drawback of fewer amp-hours for a given volume--approximately half that of a lead-acid battery, IIRC.
I wonder what the CCA is of his replacement battery versus the original. Unless he "cheaped" out on the new battery, he should have more CCA for a given volume, not less.
I wonder what the CCA is of his replacement battery versus the original. Unless he "cheaped" out on the new battery, he should have more CCA for a given volume, not less.