Post #1913976
2026-05-03 12:36 UTC
Ok, I started looking into LiFePO batteries for the C5/radio setup, and I think I'm gonna hold off for now as most of the batteries that I could find; are branded with what is obviously a Chinese company poorly trying to mimic a western sounding name, never give basic information like what the maximum current draw is (important for something that could explode if that value was exceeded), claim utterly ridiculous specs like 220 grams for a 150 AH battery, good for 100 thousand cycles, and that they're intended for heavy inductive loads like ebikes and escooters; when I'm 99% sure most of these would explode violently if you ever attempted to use them for any of that
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@crashtestdev@woof.tech 2026-05-03 12:42
We need like; hard AF regulation from yesterday, most of these are comming from UK distributors, so these deathtraps have been imported already been mass imported and are now readily available for anyone who only 1/2 knows what they're doing to seriously injure themselves
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@McMullet@hachyderm.io 2026-05-03 13:28
@crashtestdev@woof.tech 12v batteries from Eco-Worthy or Renology seem pretty legit Something like this? https://uk.eco-worthy.com/collections/12v-lifepo4-lithium-battery/products/lifepo4-12v-30ah-lithium-iron-phosphate-battery