On 15 Feb 2013 at 10:23, Marcus Reddish wrote: > this is why every lithium manufacturer recommends and uses a bms.
My lithium knowledge and experience are very limited, so when I decided a bit more than a year ago to get my feet wet by converting a lead scooter to lithium, I bought a ready-made battery I'd seen recommended on several E- bike forums. The battery came pre-configured with a BMS which monitors each cell. The BMS shuts down the battery's output if any cell's voltage goes too low during discharge, and bypasses any cell whose voltage goes too high during charge. If you're successfully running without a BMS, I say bravo; but I sleep better knowing that hardware is looking after this (relatively) expensive battery. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
