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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlanT" data-source="post: 509372" data-attributes="member: 30185"><p>Understood.  A battery case on a LifePO4 battery is a belt and suspenders and more suspenders approach because three cases would need to be breached for any leakage to occur - the cells, the battery enclosure, and the battery case.  I use a battery case on my LifePO4 battery because I had it installed for previous batteries and preferred it to the terminal covers.  My point was to make sure people understood the design of a LifePO4.  The other point I want to make is there are designs designs for a "lithium" battery.  A LifePO4 battery is lithium phosphate and car batteries are lithium ion.  Lithium batteries have different characteristics and associated risks.  This technology will continue to evolve and so will the risks.</p></blockquote><p></p>