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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    your advice has been a great help.. I try this.. thanks for your advise greatly appreciated
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    I mean do do this while its on a 12v series? and do stop the charging while doing it? or do stop the charging first?
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    charging my new lifep04 batteries 12 volts

    sorry for a late reply... your reply helped me a lot on understanding the bms and the voltage to set... Thanks you.. greatly appreciated..
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    can I connect the bulb on a cell while the cells are connected in series on a bms? is that safe? it wont short or some thing?
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    I will.. thanks for that suggestion greatly appreciated...
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    thanks I will try that.. thanks for your suggestion... greatly appreciated..
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    sorry I meant 3.6v.. I dint set it on 3.65v just to make sure I don't stress my batteries or bloating it just in case just to be safe..
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    may I ask was the few hours was not enough? the last 3 digit in of the volts were different when I started it... was that not balancing enough to hit this hard to be this way off when you load testing final result seemed there too way off if the problem was just balancing.. feel free to...
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    if some are asking they why did I balance it out that way.. putting in series of 12v and then charging them in an inverter.. and connecting them in parallel in a few hours only.. tested with a tester the last 3 digit of the volts different for each cell they look balance enough for me so I...
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    yes the default was 2.8v sorry I set mine to 6.5v to 2.5v just for capacity testing.. that I see in YouTube. to get a really fully capacity of your new batteries this his channel DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse he dint actually says what settings on 1 video I just piece by piece what he is...
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    sorry if I used a wrong term what I did is top balance correct if I did my top balancing wrong or its called bottom balancing I got 4 eve cells connected them in parallel but when I tried to used my old power supply to give them a 3.6v charge but it was broke I ordered a new one but will take...
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    the inverter stop charging the cells sorry I dint take a screen shot forgot too but the BMS says its not taking any more amp so it must be.. or a cell hit 3.6v too fast and the BMS was also set if a cell hits 3.6 it will stop charging the volts of the cells were close to first image. that...
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    lifepo04 280ah eve cells capacity testing are these bad cells?

    bought new cells eve 280 cells fully charged them and then bottom balance them connected them in parallel to bottom balance the amp = 19 -21 mostly and U use a hair dryer as my load I just notice that one cell no 3 is already 3.6 while others are not seem there voltages way off is here the...
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    charging my new lifep04 batteries 12 volts

    I think it was really drained 11.8 volts when i charged it.. drained it so I can fully charged and run a capacity charged out of it started 5:47pm stop 2:40am its like 8-9 hours of charging battery is lifep04 100ah total of 4 cells I have been chargiing may battery using a UPS type grid...
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