WJBertrand
Ventura Highway
So most manufacturers, including Scorpion, claim their LiFePO batteries have an internal battery management system that takes care of this. I’m thinking some of the earlier players (Shorai?) didn’t have this internally so needed a specific charger that contained the BMS external to the battery. At least this what I think I understand from my readings. Lead acid batteries just keep charging naturally until all the cells are fully charged, so don’t need a BMS.This cell balanced charging thing on LiPo still has me on the fringe. Very pricey to correctly charge individual cells with a battery that’s capable. I hope technology can catch up.
That's where I was at, I had it always on the tender and even fresh off of the tender it was still sluggish in the morning. Seemed to be better in the afternoon after work, but I was always crossing my fingers! If I happened to have accidentally stalled it in traffic there was not enough grunt to restart the bike just pulling in the clutch, I had to put the transmission into neutral and even then it would barely start. Not a safe situation, so this was my primary motivation to replace the battery. I'm hanging on to the OEM battery since the jury is still out on this new fangled one.Now it's non-stop on the tender and has the usual asthmatic starts, but it works. Would hate to throw out a battery that still does the trick, so the jump starter is always with me. Peace of mind, like a tire plug kit and pump
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