[RE-wrenches] Altitude affects batteries

[Steve Higgins]

Sorry for the short response...

For electrochemical batteries, it would be temperatures or air cooling
maybe ventilation.

For Lithium batteries, there is electronics internally, high altitudes
would affect cooling, and the components..



On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 2:54 PM Darryl Thayer <darylsolar1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it is air density for cooling
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 12:32 PM Mac Lewis <maclewis1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Wrenches,
>>
>> We are often working at higher elevation.  I have a project that I'm
>> specifying a large battery bank at 9800'.  I haven't thought much about
>> elevation and batteries.  I just recently read that LG Chem's HV battery
>> can't be used above 2000m.
>>
>> What are the elevation considerations for batteries?  Any warranty
>> considerations that you have ran into?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Mac Lewis
>>
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