My personal opinion is that you should not buy any lithium battery that does not provide adequate protection for all modes of operation.
Freezing does not damage the battery; charging a frozen battery may damage it quickly. Trickle charging the battery is not the solution. There are two solutions: provide a heat source to keep the batteries above freezing or incorporate a temperature controller to disable the charger if the battery is unsafe to charge. Larry Crutcher > On May 21, 2021, at 8:44 AM, Mark Frye <ma...@berkeleysolar.com> wrote: > > Folks, > > If I have a charger that does not have low battery charge cut-off, I can get > in trouble if I have a frozen pack and apply a charging voltage. > > But, if I start with a pack that is above freezing and keep a trickle charge > on it, can I keep that pack safe from freezing and damage? > > Or at some point, as ambient temperature drops, the pack will freeze and be > damaged anyway? > > Thanks, > > Mark Frye > > > _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
