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Old 10-17-2018, 12:13 PM   #45 (permalink)
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LiFePO4 doesn't catch fire, just puffs up.

You could do as I was planning, to put a supercap under the hood for starting, and place a current limiting resistor in series with the lithium battery that lives in the cabin. That would limit both the power it uses to start the vehicle, and the rate of recharge, while keeping the supercaps topped up when the vehicle is parked.
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