Your alternator or dynamo system should not produce power without the battery to excite the system, so if the BMS system in your LiFePo battery is shutting it off, then your system goes dead. EarthX doesn't seem to have this issues, but using an AGM battery is a solid and reliable fix.
-Jeff Scott
Arkansas Ozarks
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 8:13 AM
From: "mark jones via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
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Subject: KRnet> Lipo Battery
From: "mark jones via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
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Subject: KRnet> Lipo Battery
Yesterday I was doing a taxi test and had the following happen more than once. This scares me enough that I am now very hesitant to use a Lipo with BMS.
-- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnetAfter about five minutes of taxi, my engine shut off as if the ignition switch had been shut off. There was absolutely no power at the ignition switch. The BMS took over and shut the system down. After about 10 minutes, The battery came back to life and she started right up. Only to again shut down after a few minutes of running. Why is this happening? Is it due to the Dynamo? Why wouldn't my engine keep running just off the Dynamo. Does the BMS somehow disable the entire system? I am feeling like Larry Flesner said. I think I too will only fly with AGM batteries. Seems this BMS in Lipo batteries is a source of failure we do not need.
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