Possible future new battery choice

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wayno · #1 Post by **wayno** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:25 am

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

Nooj · #2 Post by **Nooj** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:38 pm

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.

Samray · #3 Post by **Samray** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:42 pm

MartDude · #4 Post by **MartDude** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:19 pm

I e-mailed them a few days ago. No reply.

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:17 pm

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

Nooj · #6 Post by **Nooj** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:34 pm

I believe these aren't Lithium Ion, they're Lithium Iron Phosphate.

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:12 pm

Nooj wrote:I believe these aren't Lithium Ion, they're Lithium Iron Phosphate.

Does that mean they also help your plants to grow ............

MartDude · #8 Post by **MartDude** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:43 am

What's wrong with blood, fish and bone?

D-Rider · #9 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:45 am

MartDude wrote:What's wrong with blood, fish and bone?

Does it hold a charge and what CCA can it deliver?

Aladinsaneuk · #10 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:23 am

Will ask that nice Dr Fronkenstein

(Bonus points for the film!)

wayno · #11 Post by **wayno** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:12 am

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

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:26 pm

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

Samray · #13 Post by **Samray** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:54 pm

http://www.suite101.com/content/compari ... ry-a297572

#14 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:05 pm

Samray wrote:http://www.suite101.com/content/compari ... ry-a297572

Before they'd even got to the first line I had discounted them as a credible source of info...

Samray · #15 Post by **Samray** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:42 pm