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Old 02-24-2013, 05:28 PM   #90 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by filip View Post
, but we
could screw the transistor to the positive battery terminal and have it dump
the heat into the battery.
That's definitely a bad idea, if you have LiFePO batteries.
The heat kills the electrodes.
ScienceDirect.com - Journal of Power Sources - A review on the key issues for lithium-ion battery management in electric vehicles

I don't know, how the Pb batteries react to heat...
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