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09-28-2012, 11:32 AM
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Just to correct my wording in my previous message, I said you need to purchase a charger that balances out the battery, IF YOU ARE TO INVEST IN ONE, meaning you do not have to purchase a charger, if you are to purchase this type of battery. So both you and Erik miss read my wording...
09-28-2012, 11:21 PM
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Anything below 5-6° is also off limits for me. Anyway, by the time the -8° weather arrives, we're no longer allowed on the road with our motorcycles. We have a winter tire law in my neck of the woods, and I don't know of any winter tires for motorcycles. Even if they were available, I would certainly not put my beautiful chicken throught that snow, and sleet hell.
I do however regularily run the dualsport on winter tires all year...
09-29-2012, 03:13 PM
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It's not me - those are RB Batteries. I know Dan (owner of RB Batteries) personally so I try to promote his stuff whenever I can. I run them in my own bikes, for whatever that is worth!
09-30-2012, 07:02 AM
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I see now they are.
Credit where credit is due.
And here I thought "RB" was another new manufacture coming to market...
I see the 8 cell is not available,,,, thats too bad.. I need another one next week...
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09-30-2012, 07:58 AM
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I'll give a call on monday.
I just made a bid on a lot of 100 cells...if it goes though.. I'll build some more packs, but if not, the buy in and hassle is just not worth the marginal savings from buying at a place like RB...
09-30-2012, 04:11 PM
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09-30-2012, 04:34 PM
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I thought you were making them..
and then RB started here in a thread and it was the first I had heard of this brand.
Thanks for clearing that up.
erik
10-05-2012, 04:24 PM
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Not true, lots of false information floating around about this topic. Anyone who has ever taken the time to measure the pack imbalance will tell you that in a ~12V setup (4 cells in series) you cannot measure any difference. Dan has even tried to purposely throw a pack out of balance by manually charging just one cell (or pair of a parallel cells). He found the pack to still perform with the same current output and after a couple of similated "starts" the pack actually rebalanced itself. Try it and I think you will find the same the results.
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10-05-2012, 10:10 PM
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Not true, lots of false information floating around about this topic. Anyone who has ever taken the time to measure the pack imbalance will tell you that in a ~12V setup (4 cells in series) you cannot measure any difference. Dan has even tried to purposely throw a pack out of balance by manually charging just one cell (or pair of a parallel cells). He found the pack to still perform with the same current output and after a couple of similated "starts" the pack actually rebalanced itself. Try it and I think you will find the same the results.
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You can throw the pack out of balance, and while it is unbalanced it is possible to get cell reversal, killing that specific cell... But if you keep using it normally, and don't abuse, it self balances... Part of why it selfbalances is down to a high ampere draw during starting a bike... Low ampere discharge on a pack such as this doesn't self balance...
10-06-2012, 03:19 AM
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Which is what I keep saying as well... So, I don't want my name quoted like that...
You can throw the pack out of balance, and while it is unbalanced it is possible to get cell reversal, killing that specific cell... But if you keep using it normally, and don't abuse, it self balances... Part of why it selfbalances is down to a high ampere draw during starting a bike... Low ampere discharge on a pack such as this doesn't self balance...
You can throw the pack out of balance, and while it is unbalanced it is possible to get cell reversal, killing that specific cell... But if you keep using it normally, and don't abuse, it self balances... Part of why it selfbalances is down to a high ampere draw during starting a bike... Low ampere discharge on a pack such as this doesn't self balance...
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