I'm am interested in building an battery pack for an ebike made up of 10 cells. I understand the normal way to charge is with individual cell balancing but I was wondering if a123 systems cells can be "floated" at a low current, or will the voltage go up over the all important 3.6 volts per cell?



Thanks

Nick

you can get a dewalt( i think ) 36 or 38 volts battery pack for a drill . . it contains A123 cells and it has a balancer in it . you could just charger it like it is and the put 2 of them on a Ebike and use it that way

http://www.slkelectronics.com/DeWalt/packs.htm
oh look it even has 10 cells !!

Hello Nick,

How long are you looking to float charge the cells? Our batteries have a very high shelf life (due to our very low self discharge rates). They will only self discharge about 1% / week. So they can be kept on a shelf through an entire season if need be.

Back to the question at hand. Yes they can be float charged. There is no designated amperage to set you will want to use whatever amperage is needed to maintain 3.6V / cell. A charger with a float setting that can be adjusted to 3.6V / cell should work nicely.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Brian

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As far as I know, float voltage is 3.45V...

psst... thread is almost 4 yrs old.....