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Old 12-22-2009, 09:45 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rgathright View Post
My biggest fear with building battery packs like this is what happens when you pull to much power and burn off the connectors?

I have seen Group 31 Marine batteries get so hot cranking an engine that they form a layer of carbon on the lead contact posts.

What would happen if you pulled to much juice out of a set of Li-ion laptop batteries?

How in the world would you find the break?
With a test light.

Open the Altoids tin, and test between battery cells.
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