Dangerous Battleborn 12V Battery: Major Safety Issue
- Thread starter N. Coast
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Ouch.
That terminal has a jam nut on it which appears to be tight -- not sure of the construction (and the "plastic" he mentions -that ought to be a metal-to-metal connection), but I wonder if the first nut wasn't torqued down properly/sufficiently to begin with....
That terminal has a jam nut on it which appears to be tight -- not sure of the construction (and the "plastic" he mentions -that ought to be a metal-to-metal connection), but I wonder if the first nut wasn't torqued down properly/sufficiently to begin with....
SSTraveler
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I'm not surprised. Battleborn/Dragonfly is a good example of a company that meets the saying, If you don't Innovate You Die!
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It appears all of the current must travel from the terminal through the nuts+bolt and then to the bus bar. There is an ABS-looking sheet between the terminal and the bus bar. Once that plastic is heated, it'll soften, and the tension between the nuts and the terminal will be reduced. What an odd design.
dharmasprint
Well-known member
While the poor connection with buss bar is a definite issue, the ytube video smacks of a take down of Battleborn. The "tiny bolt" comment was telling.
It might be a QC issue on the assembly line or a poor design/implementation issue.
It might be a QC issue on the assembly line or a poor design/implementation issue.
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I wonder if they still design and assemble in the US. It's difficult to believe that this battery would pass a modern engineering review and QC process. Not that everything made in the US is of good quality but this design smacks of ignorance without supervision. Odd!
Lagom
Panic in Detroit
I wish it was odd, but I have witnessed multiple examples of faulty processes in US facilities (some were intentionally fraudulent, some just ignorance) dating back to the mid 70’s. The most recent was in COVID testing where a laboratory performed the procedure incorrectly in a way that was obvious in the promotional video they distributed to local media. The error was one that would result in false positives. They picked up the contract for testing from the state of FL and the positivity rate doubled overnight.
marklg
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This one is way better for slightly more, much higher resolution, better software you can manually set the temp range.
Regards,
Mark
dharmasprint
Well-known member
I hadn't noticed that. I doubt that this is the original design implementation but more likely an assembly line screw up or work around.
The lug bar connection should be on other side of buss bar for a proper connection but maybe the top cover hole was in the wrong place to allow for that.
Got a zoomed pics of other terminal and an overall of the top of the battery case?
TrackSprinter
2016 Motovan Boondocker
And? Thats the whole point of that channel.
“This could cause catastrophic failure or loss of life, but he sure is being mean.”
Whut?
dharmasprint
Well-known member
Overblown outrage for clicks. Oh well. Such is the state of the interwebs.
VanGoSki
Well-known member
He didn't say "tiny bolt". He said, small bolt, which it is. Ironic that you use hyperbole to accuse someone else of doing it. And it turns out the bolt is made from aluminum which is even worse.
So on what planet is Battleborn not deserving to get taken down over this? They market the hell out of themselves as a premier builder of batteries, for which they charge a premium price. And then we find this timebomb. It's pretty outrageous really.
He tears apart and reviews batteries for a living and he gets just as enthusastic about his positive reviews, which are probably most of them. It's just the way he is. I don't see the need to downplay such a major safety hazard, unless you are affiliated with them.
cc_windsurfer
Gone with the wind
Clearly Will doesn't like battleborn, but that battery had a serious safety issue that was worthy of his outrage.
Kyle Van Dam
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Who could after seeing that? It's not like any of that would come as a 'shock' to an EE if they spent 5 minutes inside the case.
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