LiFePo4 Battery DEAD after 1 year
The 36 Volt LiFePo4 Lithium battery for my Newport NT300 electric outboard motor is completely drained and unable to accept a charge from the Newport battery charger. This 36 volt 40 Ah battery (1440 Watt hour battery) is only about 1 year old but will not charge back up using the Newport battery charger that is recommended for the battery. In this video I outline what I did, what I tried, and what I plan to do with this 36 volt Lithium battery to try to see if it can be used again.
I left this 36 volt lithium battery sit for six months and didn't test it or charge it during that time. I didn't realize that 6 months of storage would completely deplete the charge and make it unusable. While looking for solutions, I read the owners manual for this LiFePo4 battery and it states that the battery should be recharged every 3 months. In my opinion, this is a shortcoming of these batteries because there should be something or some easy way to overcome experiencing a lithium battery failure besides putting a reminder on our calendar to charge it every few months.
00:00 Introduction
00:48 My history with the 40 Ah Newport 36 volt LiFePo4 Lithium battery
01:05 How I stored a Lithium battery for 6 months
02:21 The challenge of getting a LiFePo4 battery to the correct voltage for long term storage
03:25 Lithium battery wouldn't take a charge after 6 months of storage
04:14 The average person doesn't have the tools to charge a LiFePo4 Lithium battery from zero
05:03 Trying to activate the 36 volt Lithium battery with 12 volt chargers
06:30 What the Newport LiFePo4 battery owners manual suggests for charging
07:42 Conclusions
The Newport NT300 electric outboard motor and 36 volt 40 Amp hour battery in this video was provided to me by Newport and I do not consider the failure of this battery as a specific flaw with their product.
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