Re: [EVDL] Overheating Tesla display

2023-11-28 Thread Mark Hanson via EV
Thanks Phil So sounds like most of the heat is coming from the leds that brighten up when sunny, not the sun itself. I thought of Epoxying a big finned heat sink on the back. Best regards Mark Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2023, at 2:21 PM, (-Phil-) wrote: ___

Re: [EVDL] I destroyed an A123 26650 by shorting to the case.

2023-11-28 Thread Bill Dube via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Overheating Tesla display

2023-11-28 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Overheating Tesla display

2023-11-28 Thread Mark E. Hanson via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Overheating Tesla display

2023-11-28 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
s behind the > glovebox on the firewall and it's liquid-cooled. > > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 4:30 AM Mark Hanson > wrote: > > Thanks Phil > So sounds like most of the heat is coming from the leds that brighten up > when sunny, not the sun itself. I

[EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread Mark E. Hanson via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
gt; > > Lawrence, when I removed some of the cells from that pack that you picked > up, I cut the straps with heavy duty scissors. > > One time I accidentally shorted the cell I was removing while cutting and > the current was large enough to bite a chunk out of the scissor blade

Re: [EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
650 by shorting to the case. > > > > Message-ID: > > > > > > > <mailto:CALdL5i3dyE3nJBu== > mxa7mthkcohc_q04fhwco-jy6m7ltv...@mail.gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > &

Re: [EVDL] I destroyed an A123 26650 by shorting to the case.

2023-11-28 Thread David Heacock via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
de Water > > <mailto:cor.vandewa...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > > <mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] I

Re: [EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread Mark Hanson via EV
ty scissors. > > One time I accidentally shorted the cell I was removing while cutting and > the current was large enough to bite a chunk out of the scissor blades... > > These are *very* low resistance cells, so the short circuit current > consequently is very high, even at the low 3.5V

Re: [EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread Jay Summet via EV
Lithium batteries are no joke. I personally have had more than one accident and many close calls despite being well aware of the danger and being very careful. My story involves a Nissan Leaf module. I had sat one upright against one of the steel compression plates and a table leg while assem

Re: [EVDL] Shorting a A123 26650 Cell

2023-11-28 Thread Jay Summet via EV
On 11/28/23 17:15, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: I always regard that PSA as bollocks, monitor my smoke alarms and when they beep or stop blinking the red light once a minute, *then* I replace the battery. Happens maybe every 5 years, so I am not trashing cells that are more than 90% capacit