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Dang it, now you beat me this time. That's an insane design. Also - Battle Born Batteries Class Action Investigation

The hits keep on coming.

You know what they say, eventually vintage comes back into style. It's just too bad the Optima of today (made by Clarios/Johnson Controls) isn't as good as the original.

The fun never ends. What absolute garbage these batteries are.

I picked up two EcoFlow 100Ah LiFePO4 batteries when they launched (Will has a video on them and thinks they're good) for $199/ea, they're now on sale for $129/ea and have a 5 year warranty. They're also not a random Amazon/Alibaba brand that you may or may not get good after-sale support from...

A deeper dive into the "superior" design of the BB batteries... :tearsofjoy:

It's cold out there, Santa has to stay warm somehow.

Can confirm AI is making people dumber, or at least much lazier, as so many people post up AI summaries as factual answers to technical questions/specs when in reality the info is quite often very incorrect but they couldn't be bothered to confirm the info before sharing it. I've used AI to...

I was just about to post that video but you beat me to it by a bit. I did update the thread over on ExPo with it, though. Someone will probably say "Well, the batteries aren't expected to constantly cycle at the full rates all the time!" and to that I say those are the continuous rates...

RIP Jim Varney, could use AI to bring back his likeness, though. :D

Prowse. I know how thermodynamics work, the weak excuse BB is giving and you trying to defend it (or explain how it could possibly be a safe and reliable solution) is indeed wild. No personal attacks involved, it's basic physics and electronic systems. There is no defense or excuse for this...

Yup, sorry if it sounded like I was implying those mechanical safeguards are standard fare in lithium batteries. I was using them as an example of "proper" mechanical thermal protection devices that would have made more sense than what BB is claiming their design does, if they were going for...

I'm not offended so much as I am flabbergasted. You say you're not defending BB but have no problem making wild excuses for their design flaw. A fuse that doesn't result in fully disconnecting the circuit when it blows is not a fuse. Any lithium battery worth buying has proper thermal and...