beachycove
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Are the battery cells in Pismo/ Wallstreet batteries matched in any way with the battery controllers? In other words, is there any point in re-celling a main battery with different capacity cells?
Is that why bunches of these stupid LiIon batteries won't recharge after a very long period of disuse? I know lots of my NiMH and NiCD batteries won't recharge because they've leaked or something, but that's typically obvious from either bulging cases, corrosion, or goo all over everything.If the cells were ever over-discharged, some controllers will set a nonvolatile bit to prevent recharge.
You could probably make up a mix of conductive paste with superglue, or preferably a two part epoxy. Thermal paste is often mixed with glue to mount heatsinks.I wonder if you could / super glue the tabs, then use conductive paint to connect the tabs?
Two Years After Doing this Battery Replacement
It has been about two years since I replaced the cells in two Pismo battery packs. These batteries did not last as long as they should have. One pack is completely dead now, and the other only lasts about 30 minutes. I suspect that there is something that needs to be reset when the cells are replaced, but I'm not sure.