My solar controller has a setting for nickel Iron batteries.
On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 02:13:43 PM you wrote:
> I looked into Nickel Iron. No US manufacturers because of patent
> issues, but they have other issues. They bleed off with no connected
> load, their charge per weight is much lower than LiPO, and how do you
> find a charger that works well with them? I loved the idea, and even
> thought it would be cool to make a bolt on keel that was basically a
> giant Nickel Iron battery. Imagine filling the electrolyte (which is
> lye I think?) through a plugged hole in the bilge :)
>
> j
>
> On 01/27/2015 02:00 PM, Mark F mark.internet@yahoo.ca [electricboats] wrote:
> > ""If I wanted to argue best system I would throw out the idea
> > of BMS and buy Nickel Iron batteries. After all the money on
> > electronics and
> > LiPo of any form Nickel Iron looks much better price wise, and cycle life
> > looks unbeatable even if you abuse them""
> >
> > I have used NIMH without a BMS and they seem to work quite well too.
> > Unfortunately there are no large size NIMH batteries available because
> > of patent issues.
> >
> > Mark
Posted by: Kevin Pemberton <pembertonkevin@gmail.com>
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