Careful with LiIon technology. I
worked for several years on the electronics and software to control high
capacity LIIon systems that required high peek currents. You have to take
real good care of them or they like to burn, well, explode and then burn.
Just dumping charge in them with a
regulator for Lead acid systems is a recipe for a VERY unpleasant experience.
It can assure you that you may very well experience a surprising and violent pyrotechnic
event.
I would personally buy a bunch of those
batteries and subject them to over charge events to the extreme before I put
one in my airplane, just to be sure I would not get burned.
Best,
Kevin
From: Lancair Mailing
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Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
9:42 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Lithium Ion battery
Does any body use a Lithium Ion starter battery?
I have a
Lycoming 390 installed and need to save some weight.
Will this battery be as strong as a Odyssey PC680 in reality ?
Comparing the numbers it should...
How will this Lithium Ion battery behave with a B&C
LR3C-14 regulator and a stock Kelly alternator?