Can Lithium HE batteries be installed on their side

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Pat Davitt asked Feb 14, '19

Can Lithium HE batteries be installed on their side

Looked through all the documentation and could not find an answer.

Thanks,

Pat

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Answer 1 · 2019-02-15T07:41:02Z

mvader (Victron Energy) answered · Feb 15, 2019 at 07:41 AM

If possible put them up right; thats what they've been engineered for. But can be done on their side.

Note that this is not for the 12.8V LFP battery ranges. Only the Lithium HE batteries.

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Pat Davitt commented · Feb 15, 2019 at 12:30 PM

Thanks for the info.

Pat

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Daniel Simms commented · Feb 25, 2019 at 09:13 AM

could you explain the reason behind? I'm trying to convince myself that in ideal conditions, LFP batteries can be placed on their sides, mainly because they do not have any liquid or jel inside like vrla or agm batteries.

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mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ Daniel Simms commented · Feb 25, 2019 at 09:49 AM

Depends on the type. Prismatic lfp cells do have liquid, and even a vent.

The HE batteries are not NMC though.

The other reason is that simply during design, no time was spent on investigating the consequences and/or designing for it.

Lastly, as my grand father says ‘daar worden ze niet beter van’.

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