Is this battery going to go boom boom?
Posted by Onlynameicudthinkof@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 7 comments
Thinking of doing 1000w MTB conversion. Title speaks for itself. In Canada and this has free shipping, although it does not seem to list which cells used.
Alberta52@reddit
that's what I run ..has controller built in to mounting bracket ..works fine decent range.. and cheap I'm ordering more
InfluenceEfficient77@reddit
Any battery can burn down. There was a post about a Luna battery burning down recently.
At full charge this battery stores the same amount of energy as 700g of dynamite, that energy has to go somewhere
It's best to charge and keep them outside under cover 10 ft.away from any burnable structure and in some sort of metal enclosure.
JG-at-Prime@reddit
It will probably be okay. But that’s about it. If you treat it gently it should provide acceptable performance for a few years.
In all honesty you will probably want a bigger more powerful battery for this application. This one is kinda bare-minimum viable.
Try looking at a battery in the 20 Ah capacity range. It will cost a little more but it will offer much better performance.
Human_Ad_9210@reddit
It may not go boom boom, but it likely will not have the full capacity advertised. Typically batteries under the median price for their rating are using cells that have lower quality or just less material in the cell so they are smaller in capacity.
clean-start-again@reddit
Light the blue touch paper and stand well back....
Tomj_Oad@reddit
I'm picky because I don't want to burn my house down. I save up until I can buy an UL listed battery. Certification isn't cheap so there aren't that many.
Companies will say they "meet UL Labs specifications" but anyone can claim anything; get the real deal.
My UL listed battery can take a half hour submersion in a meter of salt water for half an hour, just as an example.
How waterproof is your knock off battery?
You do you, but any no name generic lithium ion battery is a recipe for boom boom.
It'll cost twice as much but you won't be homeless with all your stuff gone 🤷
TitaniumKneecap@reddit
There's some reputable vendors of eBike batteries on AliExpress I'd go there before eBay tbh