Advocate I
Battle Born Battery troubles
- Thread starter MiamiC70
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Influencer I
Not a lot of sympathy from me for people with more money than brains. Researching prior to purchasing would have clearly hinted at better, cheaper alternatives to BB hype crap.
Advocate I
What get me is that these new batteries are basically a bunch of D Cells stacked together.
Influencer I
What gets me is they all come from the same 2 - 3 Chinese factories and yet invariably some companies blow smoke to bilk uneducated customers.
Advocate I
Influencer I
it gets even weirder....
as I've posted on here many times, I am a huge fan of the LiFePO4 batteries and I have several I keep in the shop for use when hurricanes hit and we are weeks without power....BUT...I have never felt comfortable having lithium batteries in a living space, especially one that I would be sleeping in. (back of pick up, camp trailers, etc) and stories like this one about Battle Born, or any lithium battery only cemented my fears...
we just got back from 10 days primitive camping and with it being so overcast...I had a hard time keeping my AGM batteries charged. I have a 280ah AGM battery that is for fans at night and lighting. once it gets down to half capacity, the voltage drops to under 10v and causes my domestic fridge to shutdown. I knew that lead batteries do not give anything close to its rated amp hour, but this is pretty bad.
so...yeah...I'm going to put a couple of my LiPO batteries in the actual camp trailer (specifically under the bed next to the solar controller and distribution panel) and hope for the best. am I scared? of course I am! battle born isn't the only crackhead company out there putting profit way ahead of consumer safety...but I need the capacity that only lithium offers...
as my trembling hand initiated the final twist of the terminal lug on the newly installed LiFePO4 battery...I kept hearing this song playing in my head...
as I've posted on here many times, I am a huge fan of the LiFePO4 batteries and I have several I keep in the shop for use when hurricanes hit and we are weeks without power....BUT...I have never felt comfortable having lithium batteries in a living space, especially one that I would be sleeping in. (back of pick up, camp trailers, etc) and stories like this one about Battle Born, or any lithium battery only cemented my fears...
we just got back from 10 days primitive camping and with it being so overcast...I had a hard time keeping my AGM batteries charged. I have a 280ah AGM battery that is for fans at night and lighting. once it gets down to half capacity, the voltage drops to under 10v and causes my domestic fridge to shutdown. I knew that lead batteries do not give anything close to its rated amp hour, but this is pretty bad.
so...yeah...I'm going to put a couple of my LiPO batteries in the actual camp trailer (specifically under the bed next to the solar controller and distribution panel) and hope for the best. am I scared? of course I am! battle born isn't the only crackhead company out there putting profit way ahead of consumer safety...but I need the capacity that only lithium offers...
as my trembling hand initiated the final twist of the terminal lug on the newly installed LiFePO4 battery...I kept hearing this song playing in my head...
