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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/china-puts-a-sodium-ion-battery-into-an-ev-for-the-first-time-it-can-drive-248-miles-on-a-single-charge

Orcade-Ian:
That's great Ted,
Looks like the Chinese have addressed the original problems of charge density.  Tomorrow, I'm going to bung this new battery on the 550.  I haven't started this bike for about 3 weeks and like Johnny said in another post, my 550 chimes in on one, two, one, four, two again but settles down very quickly to a good 4 cylinder tick-over.  I'm interested to see if any change takes place with the Sodium Ion.  Another thing I will do - assuming all is well, will be to knock the kill switch off and see if I can get a few 10 second bursts to partly address Gareth's concerns - ok, I realise there will be no power drain to the coils but the starter current might be enough.  This is no way to treat a new battery but I have to know its shortcomings!

Ian

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Out of interest for the future is your battery the same dimensions as a 550 or smaller?

Oddjob:
It’s the same length as the standard 500/550 battery Ian, slightly thinner but quite a bit shorter. The problem I can see will be whether the existing cables will reach. Neg should be ok but will the pos reach?

You could stand it on a block of foam, same for the back, just a thin sheet of foam to make sure the strap holds it securely.

Good find, not heard of these before. Might try one in my VT1100C as it needs a new battery.

Orcade-Ian:
Hi Ken and Ted,
Yes, the battery is slightly smaller in width and a good bit less in height when compared with the rather tight Motobatt that a lot of us are used to.  As Ken says, some closed cell dense foam (I have quite a few large scraps of that) will bring the terminals to a near original position.  That's my job for this morning and hope it's a winner - it certainly is on the Genny!  It had 3 blue lights when delivered (full charge) and I have not charged it since and will not do until after the 550 test.  As I say, early days yet.

Ian

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