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    Battery Box switches

    So. The battery has xxx LiitoKala 32700 3.2V 7000 mAh cells configured as 48v 91Ah (13x7), but I do not intend to fully charge them. I was going to aim for just over 75% charge as maximum using the BMS, so the battery would be nominally 70Ah. So, what switch/breaker do I put on that? In theory...
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    Battery Box switches

    Thanks. I will order one today.
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    Battery Box switches

    I see that on the Simpliphi their batteries have an over current breaker (that can be used manually as an ON/OFF switch) AND an internal BMS. On their 48V 60A battery I think it is an 80A breaker. I am making my own 48V 70A batteries with BMS (the 48V 70A from here...
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    Noob trying to plan a narrowboat setup

    Jono is a nice guy and has a few videos on electrics (batteries, solar panels, inverters etc), but he had the 'support' of Victron, so he paid very little for their branded kit (he gets to visit their head office in one video). I am having to build my own battery packs from cells, but Will's...
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    Noob trying to plan a narrowboat setup

    The canals were the start of the industrial revolution (horse drawn boats), but fell into disuse with the advent of rail, and by WW2 many started to close. Many good souls recognized the alternative lifestyle use they could be put to, and started to renovate and encourage alternative living and...
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    Noob trying to plan a narrowboat setup

    Is it OK to ask questions here? My wife and I are planning to build a narrowboat (we are in England, and a narrowboat is a flat bottom steel hulled boat, in this case 57 foot long by 6 foot 10 inches wide - loaded weight about 14 tons, that you cruise on canals). Traditionally, these are...
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