X708 Battery Box

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  Alan DiGiovanni

  8/14/20, 8:17 PM

  I purchased the dual sata drive kit with the X708 power backup board.  The Wiki says you must use only Li-ion batteries with a built-in protective circuit that may be no longer than 65.3 mm.  The problem is, I haven’t found any 18650 Li-ion cells with a protective circuit built-in that are no longer than 65.3 mm.  The Li-ion cells with a protective circuit that I have found are between 68-70 mm long; so they don’t fit in the battery box provided.  Why not provide a battery box for the longer cells with the protective circuit or build a protective circuit into the X708 board or battery box?

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  Cindy Ding Staff member

  8/25/20, 6:33 PM

  @Alan DiGiovanni Hello sir,

  You can also use the battery without built-in protective circuit.

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  Mark Muti

  9/16/20, 10:47 AM

  @Alan DiGiovanni Hi Alan, I just got the same setup and went with a 3.7v 4000mah li-po.  It is about 2" square and I have it attached to the u100 tray with velcro instead of screwing in the battery box.

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  Harry Huang Staff member

  9/21/20, 7:21 PM

  @Mark Muti 

  Yes. liPo battery is ok also.

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