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    cheap gobelpower rept 280ah

    hello everyone, I'm looking to expand my 24v 2p eve lf280-k battery. I saw that gobelpower has rept 280ah cells ess grade with scratched qr for only $71/each shipping excluded. sounds like a good deal for solar storage. anyone tested these? general reviews of gobelpower seem favorable. cheers...
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    2 cells lagging behind

    I see. I am using home assistant as well, my jks are read from an esp using sysi's code. As I was also suspecting the ha integration being at fault I removed the switches to turn the bms's charging on and off. Didn't help. I also suspected the Bluetooth connection could lead to reboots but my...
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    2 cells lagging behind

    Hi there, It seemed like it was constantly rebooting. So a reboot loop. Do you have similar issues with yours?
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    2 cells lagging behind

    Situation is resolved. If anyone experiences similar issues, redo the top balance. It seems like the faulty BMS introduced the issues. It restarted up to 300 times per day. When I installed the replacement BMS I thought the battery was still top balanced. After top balancing again the two...
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    2 cells lagging behind

    Yes, i redid all the connections and checked the torque. Also, the voltages reported by the BMS are on point, triple checked with voltmeter. The batteries had plenty time to balance the last weeks. Roughly every second day the batteries are full and absorb. That led to battery bank #2 staying...
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    2 cells lagging behind

    Hey there, I noticed a strange behavior in one of my 8s battery bank. When the bank reaches the upper knee, two cells (#5 & #6, red and yellow in the attached graph) shoot up faster than the others. When the system reaches absorbtion voltage (15min at 27.6v) they fall behind the others. The...
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    Failed JK BMS

    Hello everyone, I am seeing similar issues with my b2a8s20p (hw version 9) BMS. Whenever the temperature goes below 5°C (41°F) the BMS misbehaves. It goes into panic Mode, that means dot dot dash and repeat. I checked all the connections and double triple quadruple checked the balance connector...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    Sorry to hear. I've never tested my cells individually but the whole pack (top balanced) never delivered more than roughly 267ah. So more or less the same as your low cell. They're behaving nicely though, delta is consistently below 10mv and no runners on the top. So I would have been happy with...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    Right, this seems to be exactly my usecase. I will try this approach. Thanks!
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    Always checking with a quality multimeter of course. In the old lead acid times (just a few weeks ago ;-) the second SCC would yield 2.5 kWh on an average day. Since switching to lithium, I've only seen numbers close to that when the battery started on a low soc of course and when I set the...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    So you mean I should leave the 2nd controller in float even though it won't charge while the voltage is higher than the set float voltage? I mean it could be enough to keep the batteries full in summer. But what about winter? Would it be acceptable to let the cells float at 3.4v? In that case...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    Well, as long as my cells are in between the knees (roughly between 3.1 - 3.4v) the highest I've seen was a delta of 10mv. Most of the time less than 5. So the top balanced worked fine I would say. Docan offered me a warranty extension and I took it. I'm pretty sure that the shipping costs for a...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    Thanks, I had a similar impression but as a newbie in this forum I didn't want to call BS regarding other users. Like I said, the whole buying process was flawless and professional so I don't have any quarrel with Docan. And they seem motivated to straighten things out. However, another...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    I just finished the 2nd capacity test. Wasn't sure the first time if I got it right but the results were consistent: - Top balanced to 3.6v - during discharge the cells stay in between 20mv so well balanced I'd say (BMS balancing disabled for the test) - discharge until 2.5v disconnect from BMS...
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    Docan 8x EVE 280ah slightly swollen

    Still unable to find a good source for class t fuses. However, I read in a German diy solar forum that a lot of people over there use NH type fuses. AIC 120kA. Are those also suitable or are they all on the wrong track? Example: https://datasheet.eaton.com/datasheet.php?model=200NHG1B&locale=en_GB
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