Recent content by KateLee

Ah! Thank you! Been reading Wills book too trying to wrap my head around it. I’ll check out the Alt-e page!

I’m wondering if you might be able to help me understand what fuse is necessary between the MPP and the battery if you are using AGM’s. I have Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries coming but they are taking forever so I’ve purchased 2 cheap 35ah AGM batteries from harbor freight to run in series so...

@morth Sorry to not get back to you sooner. I do need a lot of storage so I had to abandon ship on the Valence batteries because too many other forums confirmed my suspicions that it would be a lot of trouble. Also the user manual I found online confirmed that indeed the external BMS is specific...

@gilliganphantom I appreciate this thread seeing as I am also looking to get good value in batteries! I found this battery (Link below) and though it's not as cheap as the ones you have posted they do say they will match other sellers prices. Though looking at the specs it seems that the others...

Thank you! I’ve asked to join the group and will take a look. After reading the owner manual on the xp systems I was feeling pretty reluctant and have new been leaning toward the drop in ones. Im still open to building my own though.

I would love to get the software too if you wouldn't mind sending me a PM. I'm debating on getting 12 of these and trying to make sure it's what I want. Need to make sure I can work with them!

Hi there, I'm debating purchasing used Valence U27-12XP 12 volt 138Ah batteries for battery storage for my off grid home (three strings of 4 at 48v). I'm new to this stuff but also need to be frugal in my purchases. I will need a lot of back up storage given that I live in the desert and air...