Lithium lifepo 100 amp batteries?

[Mitch f]

My all time favorite engineer story in my 40 years in aerospace metrology was when they had problems with a Pratt Whitney jet engine. They had it suspended up on a dolly for a check out. 
For about 3 months they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it and tried every test known to man. They were super frustrated and scratching their heads.  There were about 15 engineers standing there and the oldest guy who was around 65-70 years old just grabbed the engine with both hands and started violently shaking it. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. During the shaking we started to hear systematic rattling. They zoned in on the sound and quickly found out that one of the pieces was not pinned in place and was loose. After all that time it only took 30 seconds to figure it out. The old guy just turned and walked away. Kind of like a mic drop moment. 
many lessons learned. 

[BLUEWATER]

On 1/11/2024 at 7:13 AM, BilletHead said:

                      I really wouldn't want to be smelling the smoke from a lead acid battery melt down either.  Guess we should go back to how most of us started. At least I did by sitting on the front seat of a tiny flatbottom boat. By myself with the back end up in the air. Had a small paddle that never came out of the water as I swept it back and forth sculling from tree stump to tree stump dipping for crappie. Much quieter than any trolling motor. Ahh the good old days. Had as much fun as I do now but sure not as confrontable. 

I learned that technique as a young teen south of Hardin, Il on Otter Creek.  An ole timer taught me how to do that while I spent a couple of weeks at Grandma's stilt cabin in the summer.  BB guns and fish, I was in heaven.   

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, BLUEWATER said:

I learned that technique as a young teen south of Hardin, Il on Otter Creek.  An ole timer taught me how to do that while I spent a couple of weeks at Grandma's stilt cabin in the summer.  BB guns and fish, I was in heaven.   

When I was a little Scout there was a shortage of "Scout Leaders" when we advanced into Webelos.   My dad RELUCTANTLY agreed to be a Webelo leader......and was the greatest Scout leader of all time.   Our troop learned gun safety and marksmanship, shooting both shotguns and rifles, setting trotlines and limb lines, and SCULLING was on the list of things he insisted every member of our troop was proficient at.     

I don't think he ever got thanked properly for stepping up like he did.....even though he didn't want to.    Kids were different then, and so were parents.  

I got asked to be a scout leader when I was in my 40's and after assisting/instructing a group to get their Flyfishing badges I freakin' bailed on that deal !     Sorry Dad, but kids and parents are WAY DIFFERENT now. 😔

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My dad was an accountant and couldn’t fix anything.  His SOP was hit or bang it around and then spray wd40 on it.  If that didn’t work ask the old German guy across the street to fix it for a bottle of booze.   60% of the time, it worked every time😂

[grizwilson]

Just for @fishinwrench

[TRRANGER]

On 1/13/2024 at 3:01 PM, fishinwrench said:

I don't think it has been that big of an issue YET,   but because of the cost of them I'm afraid it will be a bigger problem later on.  

People will be reluctant to swap them out when they probably should.   And I'm not sure how the disposal of them is going to pan out.  Surely the powers that be have thought this out, right?

Surely the powers that be have thought this out, right?   SARCASM FLAG  SARCASM FLAG

The powers that be that think all electric vehicles and tanks to fight our wars are good idea, when we cannot keep heat and ac on in the cities. Springfield yesterday requested we conserve electricity due to the cold temps. Thinking things through is obviously not their strong suit.

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2 hours ago, TRRANGER said:

Surely the powers that be have thought this out, right?   SARCASM FLAG  SARCASM FLAG

The powers that be that think all electric vehicles and tanks to fight our wars are good idea, when we cannot keep heat and ac on in the cities. Springfield yesterday requested we conserve electricity due to the cold temps. Thinking things through is obviously not their strong suit.

Are you in the time of Use electricity scam area?

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/time-of-use-rates-could-mean-higher-electricity-bills-for-millions-in-missouri/amp/

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, TRRANGER said:

The powers that be that think all electric vehicles and tanks to fight our wars are good idea, when we cannot keep heat and ac on in the cities. Springfield yesterday requested we conserve electricity due to the cold temps. Thinking things through is obviously not their strong suit.

The part that should really alarm everyone is the amount of building that is going on in City Utilities area. If they can't provide enough now when it get's a little cold, how are they going to provide for all the new homes and businesses? I'm pretty sure those will use more energy than any new EV purchases. 

[TRRANGER]

WOW This sounds complicated and I bet the have absolutely no way to go back to your previous years bills to compare which plan would be the best for you. 

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30 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

The part that should really alarm everyone is the amount of building that is going on in City Utilities area. If they can't provide enough now when it get's a little cold, how are they going to provide for all the new homes and businesses? I'm pretty sure those will use more energy than any new EV purchases. 

Cooling uses more power too don’t you think?