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Old 04-02-2018, 09:43 AM   #18 (permalink)
cr45
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Originally Posted by teoman View Post
More or less yes.

On another forum, they turn on the lights for half a minute to get the lithium battery warmed up, the it starts motorbikes just fine.
It was on learning that piece of information that got me to thinking that LiFePo should be up to the job.

The large 1 litre motorcycles are using LiFePo batteries these days and they are often only 10 Ah.

Also the LiFePo battery - linked in first post - is okay up to 80 deg C under hood temperature which for a country that never gets above 25 deg C at the height of summer should be no problem.

I am happy to charge the battery the odd time from the mains.

A change to this 40 Ah LiFePo battery would save 17 lbs in weight.
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