Friday, Aug 26, 2022 at 16:09
I am absolutely certain that Lithium technology did not get to where it is without research and development Bazooka. However, what Lithium does not have is history. Its history is still being written and it has not been very pretty to date.
Electronics can be reliable or unreliable - you get what you pay for. But embedding an electronic component into the internals of a
battery, whilst it may be essential for high discharge systems (such as an EV
battery) which works hard, but for an RV application it doesn't stack up. I doubt that many EV's travel the GCR,
Oodnadatta track or the Gibb RR.
Do you have bluetooth connectivity and an app for your vehicle
battery? Of course you don't because you have grown up knowing how reliable and
well proven LA technology works. Bluetooth and apps,
well that smacks of the manufacturer being unsure whether their inbuilt BMS is up to the grade - ditto for the fridge! My camper had its fridge installed in its slide backwards so the control panel was facing inside and not visible. The manufacturer extolled the virtues of having bluetooth connectivity to a mobile phone so you can see what the fridge is doing!
I ripped the fridge out, re-drilled the base, reversed the lids and now I can look at the ACTUAL fridge control panel anytime I like. If I was really serious, I would have spent extra money and bought a proper fridge, an app free Engel. My fridges at
home don't have that feature. I can leave them for a month and they look after themselves. Another example of proven technology.
Sorry, been around too long to get sucked into carrying my BMS, fridge or star gazer with me when swimming, fishing, hiking or just kicking back with a cold one. Reliability beats technology hands down.
As for de-constructing batteries, the issue for me is not the
battery itself, it is including active components into the case of the
battery where they are inaccessible; in a hostile environment; cannot be serviced or tested; and, apparently cannot be replaced. If I understand the situation, you cannot even charge the
battery if it fails. Just what you want out the back of
Halls Creek.
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