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Old 10-29-2018, 10:07 PM   #668 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
I wonder about the serviceability of this miraculous battery pack. All the electronics integrated into the battery pack. Having everything together is great for efficiency, cost and manufacturing. It isn't so great for service.

What happens if one of those components breaks? Munro compared it to cellphone technology. Cellphone and most electronics today are not designed to be serviced. They are designed to be discarded and replaced if anything breaks.
They show some up close footage of the battery pack in that vid and it appeared that some one tore into the battery to harvest some cells for reverse engineering. The battery pack does not appear to be "take a part able" with out a hammer and chisel.
Unlike a leaf battery where once I get the clam shell of the battery pack open I can easily take it apart the cell stack it's self with my electrician tools. Which are just insulated versions of common hand tools.
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