Small portable LiFePo4 battery system

[matt3607]

Hello All,

My team and I are thinking of making a battery pack that could power our cordless power tools.
We were told we could use Calb LiFePo4 Prismatic cell (40AH, 3.2V, 0.3-2C) to make a battery pack that would give us more run time per battery. Is this possible? and if so, could anybody point me in the direction of how to build one?

We are a small team that remodels homes and uses cordless electric power tools all day long.
We currently have countless small batteries that the power tools came with.
Lately we have been working on foreclosed homes that have no power, so in order to recharge our batteries we have a small gas generator.


Thank you for your help!

 

[itsmoked]

Battery packs are more than just batteries. They often include additional safety features you'd also have to understand and come up with. Without them the chargers don't operate.

There are several companies that sell aftermarket battery packs for virtually ALL products. You would do much better to just buy those for your specific tools. They often cost about what just the batteries alone cost us individuals.

Example:

http://www.atbatt.com/power-tools-batteries.asp

Keith Cress
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http://www.flaminsystems.com