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Possible future new battery choice
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:25 am
by wayno
I just saw a thread on the ApriliaForum stateside about a possible new battery, it's a Lithium Iron one from an american company called shorai, with 270A cranking current, also just weighs 1 kg. Unfortunately you cannot buy them outside the states so with import duty we'd be stung big time. However I e-mailed them yesterday and they are looking to get a UK or european distirbutor in the next few months so maybe later in the year this'll be a possible choice
Here's a link to the Falco section
http://www.shoraipower.com/s-44585-SL-Falco.aspx
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:38 pm
by Nooj
they are looking to get a UK or european distirbutor in the next few months
Sounds like a plan... I'll drop them an email.
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:42 pm
by Samray
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:19 pm
by MartDude
I e-mailed them a few days ago. No reply.
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:17 pm
by D-Rider
Yep I think that lithium ion will be the way to go in the future - I've been looking at them for a while now but the prices have been high and the actual capacity low.
The weight saving and CCA ratings are impressive though.
The ones in the link look interesting - first ones I've seen that look like a bike battery.
I know Ben "The Traitor" Wilkins was planning a lithium ion battery for his hill climbing Falco but can't remember whether he'd got round to sorting that out
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:34 pm
by Nooj
I believe these aren't Lithium Ion, they're Lithium Iron Phosphate.
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:12 pm
by D-Rider
Nooj wrote:I believe these aren't Lithium Ion, they're Lithium Iron Phosphate.
Does that mean they also help your plants to grow ............
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:43 am
by MartDude
What's wrong with blood, fish and bone?
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:45 am
by D-Rider
MartDude wrote:What's wrong with blood, fish and bone?
Does it hold a charge and what CCA can it deliver?
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:23 am
by Aladinsaneuk
Will ask that nice Dr Fronkenstein
(Bonus points for the film!)
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:12 am
by wayno
Nooj wrote: they are looking to get a UK or european distirbutor in the next few months
Sounds like a plan... I'll drop them an email.
I got two replies
April time they say they will have a uk or european distributor.
As for the type of battery, they are lithium iron not lithium ion
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:26 pm
by D-Rider
Just done a bit of reading up ......
It seems Lithium Iron IS one of the several Lithium Ion technologies.
If anyone's interested, this seems to be a reasonable introduction - fortunately it avoids delving into the chemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ir ... te_battery
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:54 pm
by Samray
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:05 pm
by Kwackerz
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:42 pm
by Samray
