Actually I do have evidence. I did extensive testing with LiFePO4 cells. I 
found no evidence of self discharge or of balance issues with cells connected 
in series. 

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> On May 11, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Bill Dube via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Do you have any evidence of this or is it speculation?
> 
> (Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.)
> 
> Bill D
> 
> 
>> On 5/11/2018 12:47 PM, paul dove via EV wrote:
>> Thanks that was interesting. It’s more likely that the Dakota BMS was 
>> causing the imbalance with parasitic unbalanced loads, however.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On May 11, 2018, at 11:56 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV 
>>>> <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 10 May 2018 at 6:35, paul dove via EV wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Do you have any evidence of these batteries failing because of out of 
>>>> balance
>>>> conditions or is that speculation
>>> The battery I mentioned ("Dakota" brand) was advertised as having a true
>>> balancing BMS.
>>> 
>>> Discussion of PCBs vs BMSes here:
>>> 
>>> http://ka7oei.blogspot.com/2013/05/lithium-iron-phosphate-lifepo4.html
>>> 
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