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teddillard replied to a thread Acronyms and their meanings in Everything Else

...gimmee some time to do some weeding and consolidation... then buy my book! lol

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ZoomSmith replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

This thread is temporarily CLOSED. All combatants are to retire to their respective time zones and take some chill pills. --Z

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teddillard replied to a thread Acronyms and their meanings in Everything Else

Some more acronyms, some of them a little more, um, erudite. Is erudite the word? Sorry the formatting is a little wonky but you can see the...

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teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

You said that he was working from the spec sheets. The post I put up was his tests. No I didnt read the post, because I couldn't comprehend what he...

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teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

No, what does he say? Please tell me, I read about three paragraphs and my eyes rolled back in my head and I can't see. As long as you've invoked...

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7 Hours Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

He wasn't asking about other LiFePO4. Is it OH 4 or zero 4? I never know. He was asking about CALB, and I've been told, again by people who use...

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8 Hours Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

I was told by several guys who use them not to run them on the bike and pull more than 150 - 200a, and not to pull that for more than a few seconds. ...

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teddillard replied to a thread Acronyms and their meanings in Everything Else

Here's a start, from EV Source. EV acronyms: AC = Air Conditioning AGM = Absorbed Glass Mat AC = Alternating Current BEV = Battery Electric...

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18 Hours Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Acronyms and their meanings in Everything Else

I do hereby (IDH) am collecting and translating EV (electric vehicle) acronyms. DKW (don't know why) I didn't think of it before. :D Stay...

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18 Hours Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

It was suggested to me that I go back and read this thread, so I did. It's a train wreck, unfortunately. It also got buried under a flurry of...

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teddillard replied to a thread Acronyms and their meanings in Everything Else

HA! Look, I'm hard at work doing what I hope is a more-or-less final version of the book. If you have particular acronyms you're looking at, list...

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ElMotoMaster replied to a thread Documentary "Charge" in Theaters Nationwide May 20 in Entertainment

I know it is playing today and Thurs, May 23 at 7pm, and the following Sat and Sun at 2pm at the Digital Gym 2921 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92104

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ElMotoMaster started a thread Documentary "Charge" in Theaters Nationwide May 20 in Entertainment

Docurama Premieres the Exhilarating Documentary "Charge" in Theaters Nationwide May 20 From the director of Faster and Fastest (Mark Neale), and...

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teddillard replied to a thread Battery pack voltage sag in Other Parts

Hell. I could do that too. One more cell would get my voltage up to the same range I was running the RC lipo at... d'OH! (THANKS!)

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teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

CALBS - both new and older AFAIK are recommended to be used at no more than 150-200amps. I was told that the CALBS I have and other LFP cells were...

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teddillard replied to a thread RC li-po - what's the verdict? in Batteries

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teddillard replied to a thread Battery pack voltage sag in Other Parts

Thanks! Yes, I have the blue 40ah CALBs and am looking to fix the same problem. Right now what I'm working on is a parallel "nitrous pack" of...

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teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

So, yeah. A 4kwh (8ah Headway) pack that pulls 600+ amps vs my 3kwh (CALB) pack that pulls max of maybe 200 amps. I'd say that's a significant...

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teddillard replied to a thread RC li-po - what's the verdict? in Batteries

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2 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread A New Bike on the Block... in Tell us about YOUR Project

Hey Allen. Stay safe man. Say the word if there's anything we can do.

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2 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

Really? I have always thought they were capable of much higher discharge rates than other LiFePO4 stuff. Wasn't there a test that showed them as...

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2 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

Sorry, this comment kind of threw me off then... aaaaand. I get that the CALBS I'm running are undersized, but the 15ah Turnigy pack I was...

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teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

By the way... one of the things that puts me off A123 is simply not trusting the product. There's no real legit source that I know of, who can...

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2 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Battery pack voltage sag in Other Parts

Did you ever do this? I've been considering exactly that...

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2 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

:confused: uh... OK. (@Noah :p) My point was simply, first, there's a big difference between how CALBs are going to perform and how RC lipo...

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3 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

Well, now. I don't think it's necessary to move the discussion to another thread, considering the OP, is it? I do find it kind of funny how, out...

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3 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

Who gives a crap about cycle life if you have to run slow? (OK yeah. I've been drinking. OK. a lot. lol. But seriously...)

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teddillard replied to a thread Today, I ... in Tell us about YOUR Project

NICE! Today I went for a little ride: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2XC8ZqWXbDA" frameborder="0"...

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teddillard replied to a thread Today, I ... in Tell us about YOUR Project

...last night I saw a Tesla S in the wild. On a curvy road. Honkin on BoBo. It was awesome.

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3 Days Ago

teddillard replied to a thread Choosing my Battery Pack! in Batteries

yeah... To be fair, my lipo failed because I kind of ****ed them up. And in full disclosure, I'd go with the hardcase again, but the CALB were...

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