Hello
Been doing some boring stuff lately. That involves sorting hundred of used makita cells.
My conclusion is, as well as Doctorbass also says, the cells have to keep their voltage more than a day, less than 40mOhm of resistance, and have good capacity. Also, every cell where I can spot electrolyte being let out, the cell is rejected.
As you can guess, this takes time. But I've finally made my battery packs thats going in to the bike. I still need to weld the power and balancing wires to the packs, but as for now I am satisfied with the result. I did not get as many cells into the bike as I wanted, but the pack is made out of 192 cells arranged into 12s16p(44.4v 24Ah). I used my chepo spotwelder, that to my surprise did a very good job.
Been doing some boring stuff lately. That involves sorting hundred of used makita cells.
My conclusion is, as well as Doctorbass also says, the cells have to keep their voltage more than a day, less than 40mOhm of resistance, and have good capacity. Also, every cell where I can spot electrolyte being let out, the cell is rejected.
As you can guess, this takes time. But I've finally made my battery packs thats going in to the bike. I still need to weld the power and balancing wires to the packs, but as for now I am satisfied with the result. I did not get as many cells into the bike as I wanted, but the pack is made out of 192 cells arranged into 12s16p(44.4v 24Ah). I used my chepo spotwelder, that to my surprise did a very good job.