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Old June 5th 18, 08:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_6_]
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Default 5th year of living dangerously with LiFePo4 batteries

On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:42:49 -0700, Frank Whiteley wrote:

Sadly, not entirely unrelated to this thread. This was the plane used
in the recent glider tow.

https://electrek.co/2018/06/04/sieme...rototype-fire-

crash-death/



A few years back there were a lot of cheap LiIon batteries on sale as SLA
replacements that turned out not to have a BMS system - just cells in the
case. Obviously, these would be at least as flammable as an SLA of
accidentally shorted.

IIRC these were impossible to distinguish from batteries with a proper BMS
inside the case, so, are they still around and being sold to the unwary?


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