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  • 408
    408
    9 days ago
    Quoting Hilly on 10 Mar 2025 01:34 PMedited: 10 Mar 2025 08:33 PM

    I did some temp testing on the battery today, oil in the bag was at 107°c, pulled seat, battery was 35-40 depending on where I aimed the temp gun, sat the seat back on and let it heat soak for 10 minutes or so, rechecked and the hottest part of the battery I could get at was 53°c, some of the lithium batteries are 50 max, others are 60, I could see the oil getting quite a bit hotter at times so cutting it fine I'm thinking, reckon a HVT will have to do.


    So, after much ado, overthinking and sleeping on it I'm going to try the Predator PRL-12, it has temperature protection built in, meaning if the battery heat soaks past it's allowed temperature limit it will turn off so you can't damage it, its upper limit is 60°c.
    It also has overcharge and undercharge protection along with blue tooth connectivity so you can see what charge the battery has on your phone! Fancy but it's there, it's the one RJBatt were on about.
    It is a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery so it is much safer than the Lithium Ion types or so the story goes. $380 delivered, fingers crossed.


    The temperature protection would have been a 'must have' in Townsville, might still be useful on King Island.
  • 408
    408
    9 days ago
    Quoting 408 on 08 Mar 2025 07:00 AMedited: 08 Mar 2025 07:01 AM

    Still got the HVT-1 in the bike.
    The lithium is still sitting in the corner.
    I didn't check the voltage when I got it, but it sat in the corner for 2 months. I checked it a couple of weeks ago and it was 13.2v. Says you are right to wack it in the bike at 13v or top it up if under.
    I topped it up then and just checked it at 13.44v

    Quoting speedzter on 10 Mar 2025 08:41 AM

    Any plans on fitting the Lithium in the bike any time soon ?


    I grabbed the Lithium because it was on special.
    The HVT-1 is still going well and I wasn't inclined to pull it out but I am getting curious.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    5 days ago
    Did some painting the other day and it was really annoying to find somewhere to rest the paintgun so printed out some brackets making sure they were a custom fit for my brand of guns. Came out really well in the end. Also printed some block risers for the bike which clip onto the frame and sit on the top of the jack unit. They help by keeping the bike level without having to shove 4x2 wood under the dam thing.
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  • Hilly
    Hilly
    5 days ago
    Printer is coming in handy, useful knickknacks that make life easier, it's the little things as they say 👍
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