LiPo Battery warmer idea for OW
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@loaffette Sorry to hear that :( What sort of budget are you working with or is it kinda tbd still?
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@loaffette -- Enjoy your friend's Onewheel Pint thoroughly, until such a time comes when you land your own -- with safety gear, too, accessories, and customizations.
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@lia looking to spend 1500, since that's the amount of money I'm betting on getting for Christmas
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@s-leon already ordered wrist guards
I'm trying to figure out how I could ride the OW in the cold though. I know Lipo batteries hate being frosty, and I was thinking of slapping one of those weird peltier cooler/heater things and slapping the heater part on the battery box so the battery can stays nice and warm, but I don't know if its smart to do so or if it could pose a fire/melting plastic issue on the XR
113 volts?! I could lick that!
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@loaffette -- May we relocate this discussion? This particular thread is really supposed to be for finding slyly hidden Onewheels. ...If you okay it, Lia will move things.
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@s-leon Sure! Sorry, I can get a little carried away with ideas sometimes
Edit: Made a new post about it in Mods and DIY
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@loaffette Just FYI, the OW doesn't use LiPo cells and I wouldn't suggest using them for this application lol. Luckily, the chemistry they do use is relatively safe and a warmer would still be a good idea!
I'm interested to see some ideas. I assume an element pad(s) with relatively low voltage... ?
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@blkdout well, we run into our first issue, as most of the Peltier cooler/heater modules are about a few dozen (40-60) watts. I know there are smaller ones available but I just need to go digging for them online.
This does bring an issue with trying to power them, but I may have an idea. I also may consult one of the Eelectrical Engineering professors in campus on this idea if need be.
113 volts?! I could lick that!
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@loaffette -- In several Northeast Ohio winters of daily Onewheeling, only once did I get a cold, out-of-temperature error -- and that was on an especially cold day when I stopped awhile for some reason... Start warm, stay moving... A few times I wrapped the battery/footpad in foam insulation -- mostly not, though. And come to think of it, after I removed the battery and BMS from my V1 and Onewheel Plus, I rode with batteries in a backpack. Because ice and snow build up under it, I rode without a fender/battery platform.
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@s-leon Actually, you give me another idea, but ill have to test it out later when I get an XR
