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Old 07-15-2022, 09:08 AM   #29
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The Shorai batteries specifically say that they can be used with normal battery chargers, the only stipulation is that you cannot use the high voltage desulfunation function some lead-acid chargers have. The Shorai specific chargers work a little better since they charge and balance individual cells.
That's actually good to know. Since I didn't buy it firsthand I didn't really know the rules/capabilities so it worried me. The one I got secondhand with the car when I bought it was very small in CCA and I was more worried that I would be stuck somewhere in the rare instances where I drive the car outside my motorsports hobby.
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The Shorai batteries specifically say that they can be used with normal battery chargers, the only stipulation is that you cannot use the high voltage desulfunation function some lead-acid chargers have. The Shorai specific chargers work a little better since they charge and balance individual cells.

and I've yet to see a Shorai light on fire either
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and I've yet to see a Shorai light on fire either
Only catastrophic failure I'm aware of was just twice the size it should have been, no fire.
My first one just stopped reporting voltage anywhere. Size was normal, but it had been showing up after a drive and making the shorai tender unhappy... Unbalanced I think. Did that for a year or two before failing though.
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