How to Wake a Sleeping LiFePO4 Battery | Charge a Fully Depleted Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery
It’s easier to kill your battery than you might think. Especially a lithium battery. Even small drains on the battery can deplete it to the point where the BMS (Battery Management System) cuts off all discharging, and the terminals have no voltage. Once here, the battery does not accept a charge, and it may seem […]
Don’t Skip the BMS: What Every DIY System Builder Needs to Know
Sometimes the most expensive bill we pay is the cost of experience: making mistakes. Failure is an integral part of learning, and in the DIY energy world, there is a LOT of failure. As we learn together, we grow together, and we are safer for it. For instance, it may be tempting to cut costs […]