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 Ionic Lithiums with no heater
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01/21/25 03:50 AM
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IKELEVI
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Anybody running Ionics in this cold snap we’ve had? How does the charger hold up in cold like this? Thank you, just upgraded and curious.
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: IKELEVI]
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01/21/25 05:27 AM
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Fish Tackle & Marine
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Charger isnt the issue with cold temps, its the battery cells themselves. Charging in freezing temps in a no no for all lithium (lifepo4), Ionic has built in temp sensors so the battery will shut down @26 degrees. We have sold thousands of them and no issues when it comes cold temps other then having to manually wake them up vs having a charger that will do it for you.
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: IKELEVI]
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01/21/25 11:52 AM
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goodman_fishing
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Just leave them off the charger. It's not a best practice to leave LiFePO4s at 100% anyhow.
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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01/21/25 12:48 PM
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RoadRunnerTR21
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Just leave them off the charger. It's not a best practice to leave LiFePO4s at 100% anyhow. Why is that?
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
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01/21/25 02:00 PM
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bassnman
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: IKELEVI]
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01/21/25 05:58 PM
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squib
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Is this just a charging issue or do I have to wake them up when I get to the lake in low temps?
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: squib]
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01/21/25 06:12 PM
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Is this just a charging issue or do I have to wake them up when I get to the lake in low temps? Good question….but, unless it’s below 24 degrees, I’m not sure you’d have to do anything. I do know once one goes to “sleep”…..it takes a fair amount of voltage to wake them up. I had one of my 50ah Ionics that would just shut off on me. I sent it in and they “repaired” it. During that time, I just went and bought another one. I keep the repaired one in my truck just in case I have one do it again. When my old one would go to sleep, simply plugging in the charger would make it come to life….like nothing ever happened. I like lithium batteries, but I don’t like the “unknown” [censored] about them. I just want a several hundred dollar battery to work when I want to go fishing.
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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01/21/25 09:42 PM
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RoadRunnerTR21
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Just leave them off the charger. It's not a best practice to leave LiFePO4s at 100% anyhow. Why is that? [video:youtube] https://youtu.be/O1tAYH_G1bk[/video] Thanks. Good info!
Last edited by RoadRunnerTR21; 01/21/25 09:43 PM.
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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Yesterday at 01:15 AM
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prosise
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Just leave them off the charger. It's not a best practice to leave LiFePO4s at 100% anyhow. I've been saying this forever, and everyone says BS. My abs my son so allot of rc car fun, batteries don't like staying at 100%. Thanks for bringing this up
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
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Yesterday at 01:40 AM
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dramabeats
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This cold snap isn't likely to make the cells get below freezing. Even then it takes a lot to significantly damage them
Unless you fish a LOT I wouldn't sweat keeping them at 100%. These things are rated for 4000+ cycles
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Re: Ionic Lithiums with no heater
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Yesterday at 02:22 PM
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Barrett
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I assume if you are spending that much on batteries that you keep your boat in covered storage. This isn’t nearly cold enough to make the inside of your boat cold enough to effect a battery. Mine were at 35 degrees yesterday morning and it was 18 outside.
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