What is 4S1P? Series and Parallel

All these battery nerds saying things like 4S2P, 8S12P. What are they talking about?

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What is C and Why Should I Care?

The battery building community is familiar with the C rate. But what is C, and why should you care? This article hopes to discharge some knowledge on the topic.

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Why Do We Use LiFePO4?

If you’ve ever wondered what LiFePO4 is about, why is it different from LiPo, and why not just get a cheaper SLA battery, hopefully this article has given you some insight into this modern battery chemistry.

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Battery Building Tools

What tools and supplies does it take to build your own Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery for ham radio? Here I will try to list and link some tools that I find essential.

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