[Elecraft] OT: Bioennopower LiFePO4 teardown?

[James Bennett]

Yep, I am sure. Ive charged mine with both (not at the same time). And I exchanged email with them about it. They are one in the same. 

> On Jul 21, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Kevin der Kinderen <kkinderen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I don't know... are you sure the cables just connect in parallel? Maybe simple enough to check with an ohmmeter but here's what I see on their site for this battery:
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> Charge Connector: DC Plug
> Discharge Connector:  Anderson Powerpole
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> This tells me each connector has a different purpose. In fact, considering the electronics built into their batteries and the individual cells it kind of makes sense to me that one cable is a gozinta and the other's a gozouta. I've always charged with the barrel and discharged with the power poles.
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> 73,
> Kev K4VD
> 
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>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 12:23 PM, James Bennett <w6jhb at me.com> wrote:
>> There are two sets of cables so that the user has the option of using either Power Poles, or their 110-220 volt charger. I asked them about the cables and was told they are simply connected in parallel. You can use which ever is convenient for you.
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>> Jim Bennett / W6JHB
>> Folsom, CA
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>> > On Jul 21, 2017, at 8:59 AM, Detrick Merz <detrick at merzhaus.org> wrote:
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>> > Has anyone disassembled a Bioennopower LiFePO4 pack yet? I recently asked
>> > them if it was possible to charge via the power pole connector instead of
>> > the normal charge port, and they said, "Yes, that's fine."
>> >
>> > This left me curious: why the second port for charging? How are the cables
>> > connected inside?
>> >
>> > -detrick
>> > KI4STU
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