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Old 01-19-2017, 11:24 AM   #166 (permalink)
Stubby79
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Shouldn't be too massively hard to create a circuit to check the temperature of the pack, and if so activate a relay to power the charger and enable it to charge. If it doesn't pass the temperature check, it activates another relay to a heating pad of some sort to heat the pack up above freezing.
It won't be difficult, IMO. I'll set it to 5 degrees, just to be sure. And, if I've gone that far, I'll probably have it set on a timer to pre-warm the battery before I go to work, so I don't experience the voltage/capacity drop in the winter.
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