Les Frijo

I remembered a thing I saw long ago. I don't remember where or when but it was about a group of people that lived somewhere far north on the planet with limited things to eat specifically vitamin D things. Somehow these people lived long healthy lives anyways. Researchers wondered why. At some point they determined it was due to them foraging for mushrooms and then drying the mushrooms in the sun which caused the mushrooms to create vitamin D that they could eat all winter. Genius.

Anyone heard about this or see a show on this? I'd like to learn more about how well that could work for people who already grow mushrooms but may not dry them in sunlight. Or maybe even grow lights.

larry kidd wrote:I set up a grow tent and having things growing in the house all winter really helps on cold winter days. I sit beside the tent with the door open and it's like being outside in the spring on a nice sunny day.

Midwestern winters would be waaaaay longer without growing things indoors. Just make sure the grow lights you choose produce the UV light you want and need and then stay indoors if need be.

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Ok I'm decoding this voltage thing for myself. The voltage chart above is for Lithium Ion batteries whose voltages are a bit higher and drop off more, faster,
than LiFePO4 batteries.

During charging or discharging it is not accurate to determine state of charge from voltage. After a rest of 30 minutes or so voltage should give you a pretty good idea of state of charge with Lithium ion. LiFePO4 stays much more flat overall but mostly in between 100 and 75 percent state of charge using the voltage chart I found below.

The balancing part of the BMS needs the voltage of every cell in order to balance them. So accurate that somewhere I read the wires going to each cell have to be the same lengths no matter how far from the BMS each cell is to keep the voltage readings accurate.

Here is a state of charge voltage chart I found specifically for LiFePO4 batteries.

Now I apologize for hijacking this thread in my confusion and it seems another about the different lithium batteries might be in order.

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