Lithium iron batteries

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davebms · #16 Post by **davebms** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:28 pm

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My Falco (with is terminals in much better condition I have to say) reads 13.5-13.7 at 4K this drops to barely above 13v[/quote]

my falco did not charge well , on inspection the brown connector had been getting HOT and the round connector (engine end) that was not happy. on my machine the wires did not look very well crimped, i soldered all of them, it was better but not that good . i did the wiring mod , all good 5000 mls no over charging battery no probs at all

dave

anzacinexile · #17 Post by **anzacinexile** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:20 pm

wayofthedarkhand wrote:You can get lithium batteries with higher capacity (i.e more cells) but then you start to lose the main advantage (weight). Plus they'd need a higher voltage to charge

Ermmm - not quite. A 12 v battery will need the same volts to charge irrespective of its capacity. It will need more amps but not volts.

wayofthedarkhand wrote: My Falco (with is terminals in much better condition I have to say) reads 13.5-13.7 at 4K this drops to barely above 13v

I had those volts but soldering the crimps and subjecting the pins/sockets to a healthy dose of switch cleaner got the volts back to where they should be hence my opinion that its got nothing to do with the gauge of wire used (the most common thought stateside) but more to do with the connectors being pushed close to their limit.