Lithium Battery for Marine Trolling Motors
I have spent a good part of the last twelve years on the electrical side of small craft — bass boats in the south, aluminium skiffs in the Pacific Northwes…
Battery Solution Cost Optimization for Vehicles (2)
I have spent the last six years helping fleet operators turn a battery from a mysterious black box into a line item they can defend in front of a CFO. The…
Lithium Battery Design for Mobility Devices: IP-Rated
Why mobility-device battery design is its own engineering disciplineI have spent the last decade designing lithium battery packs for power-assist wheelchai…
Home Energy Storage Design for Farms: Irrigation Pump
I have spent the last eleven years designing lithium battery packs for residential and light-commercial projects, and no application punishes a copy-paste…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits (2)
I have been qualifying lithium battery packs for off-grid and portable solar kits for the better part of a decade, and the failures I see in the field alm…
Home Energy Storage Testing for Apartments: Balcony-Mount
When my landlord first emailed me about a tenant complaint on the sixth floor — “the battery box on the balcony is making a clicking sound at night” — I k…
Home Energy Storage Design for Farms: Dust-Proof
Why Farm Energy Storage Is a Different Engineering Problem
Most residential battery guides are written for suburban homes with clean garages, stable grid p…
Lithium Battery Design for Mobility Devices: Cell Choice,
I have spent more than a decade designing lithium battery packs for powered wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and last-mile delivery carts, and if there is o…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits: An Engineer’s
I have spent more than a decade specifying and testing lithium battery packs for off-grid and portable power products, and if there is one lesson the field…
Lithium Battery Maintenance for Mobility Devices (Guide)
Why Mobility Duty Is the Hardest Job a Lithium Battery Will Ever Have
I have spent eleven years designing and servicing lithium battery packs, and I will s…