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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by agumonkey on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @01:37PM (#16640502)
Have you seen docs about their batteries ?
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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by cagenut on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:40PM (#16641112)
not a doc but a good writeup with pictures of failure testing the 'powerpack' product: https://electrek.co/2016/12/19/tesla-fire-powerpack-test-saf...

I sure as shit would not want 1/10th of that in my garage ever.

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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by agumonkey on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:49PM (#16641665)
Thanks
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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by jpm_sd on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @01:52PM (#16640630)
yes, they made all their patents public awhile back. also: https://www.google.com/search?q=tesla+battery+teardown&oq=te...
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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by gruez on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:06PM (#16640782)
aren't all patents required to be public?
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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by jpm_sd on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:58PM (#16641250)
derp, I meant [quasi-]"public domain" and therefore, in some legal sense, safe for engineers to read without fear of getting sued. https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
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Re:Using old laptop batteries to build homemade powerwalls by agumonkey on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:48PM (#16641659)
Somehow I never considered batteries as part of their IP :)

Thanks

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