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  • Post in thread: Our NEW GO-TO LiFePO4 vendor...09.20.21

    I wanted to thank @Jenny Wu for some great help with an order issue... An order I placed on Thursday night shipped from the TX warehouse on Friday, but to the wrong address. I didn't notice until Saturday when I checked the tracking numbers for the first time. Jenny worked with the TX...
  • Post in thread: Beware @Michael B Caro

    He needs Alibaba or the supplier to refund him so he can refund his customers. That's the only thing that's going to "fix the situation for so many of his customers". That process was started a awhile ago and IMO doesn't require a lot of focus. In the meantime, if he wants to generate extra...
  • Post in thread: ~100kwh for 24/7 off grid home

    Where I live (coastal mid-Atlantic), air conditioning to remove humidity and heat uses a ton of kwh. 46.3 yesterday.
  • Post in thread: Our NEW GO-TO LiFePO4 vendor...09.20.21

    My Monday order (four EVE 280s) was also delivered on Thursday. Everything was like the pics in the first post... boxes were sturdy, the cells had dense foam around them, and there was hardware in each box. Thanks again @Jenny Wu!!! All four cells were 3.293 with all QR codes intact and easy...
  • Post in thread: "Ford secures battery supplies for 600,000 EVs a year from 2023"

    Many home charges are “smart”. People come home, plug in, and charging doesn’t start until super late night/early morning when grid demand is at the lowest. Do AZ utilities not have TOU rate plans, where consumers pay more for electricity during the evening hours when demand is the highest...
  • Post in thread: Beware @Michael B Caro

    Please don't confuse folks replying to the tone of your posts as folks defending the situation Michael B Caro created. Nobody here thinks it's OK. But it does appear a lot of folks are confused about why you're here posting like you are for the first time, ... eight months after figuring out...
  • Post in thread: Why Victron, why?

    If permitting is required, some AHJ only allow UL-certified/listed equipment.
  • Post in thread: Beware @Michael B Caro

    Have you read the posts Will has made about this situation?
  • Post in thread: The Question; Compression or not

    Have you seen @Will Prowse's YouTube channel where he opens them up and shows what's inside?
  • Post in thread: Beware @Michael B Caro

    You posted a few days back that you 'had sent money in march and got back in April having figured it would be a scam'. So you joined the forum in January, sent money to Michael in March, figured out that it was a scam and got a refund in April, don't post a damn thing about the matter until...
  • Post in thread: Dr Strangetroll : or how I learned to stop arguing and be amused by the intransigence

    From the articles I've read, South Africa's first case was on the 9th. They notified the WHO on the 24th (day before Thanksgiving) and the WHO met on the 26th (Black Friday). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_SARS-CoV-2_Omicron_variant
  • Post in thread: Anyone Running A AC Unit From A Modified Sinewave Inverter

    If your AC is anywhere near as loud as mine, you won't be able to hear a little inverter generator running. :)
  • Post in thread: Victron energy shut 712.

    I don't see where this feature has been added to the firmware yet.
  • Post in thread: Beware @Michael B Caro

    There is a lengthy list of folks who have asked for their money back and have received nothing so far (i.e., no refund or communication as to when a refund may be issued), so I guess the jury is still out on this.
  • Post in thread: CATL 271Ah cell issues.

    The payment options Michael gave me: PayPal Goods and Services, PayPal Friends and Family, Venmo and Square. He didn't ask me to pay with a specific one.
  • Post in thread: Beware @Michael B Caro

    That seems backwards. It's the previous customers who started paying Michael right after Chinese New Years for Lishen 271s that can't get their money back now because their money is being used to cover PayPal disputed transactions from the June'sh CALB 271 orders that went tits up. IMO, this...
  • Post in thread: Teej's Honda Element Tiny RV

    If you haven't already stumbled across it, I found some of the info in this top balancing resource useful. It has some comments on 3.60 v 3.65, etc. https://diysolarforum.com/resources/top-balancing-lifepo4-cells-using-a-low-cost-benchtop-power-supply.65/
  • Post in thread: Another new guy, building a home battery backup system.

    :love:, this is so close to what I want to do! I haven't started with anything "battery" yet, am still just using an inverter generator. After the mess of running extension cords everywhere once, I added a generator outlet on the side of the house that connects to a circuit breaker in the...
  • Post in thread: Our NEW GO-TO LiFePO4 vendor...09.20.21

    It looks like the newest stock has a different type of screw-in stud and a Docan sticker on the side. Pictures in this post: #385 My cells look like yours and have been working perfectly. That's all I need!
  • Post in thread: Power Monitoring: Emporia Vue

    I agree too, but I'm a little worried about what happens if the company doesn't do well (since this is a cloud-only gizmo at the moment).
  • Post in thread: Cinergi's 28 kWh / 4 kW Solar / 10 kW inverter RV build

    Um, yes. There's a link to what he has in the first post in the thread.
  • Post in thread: 14.4KWH !! What does it all mean?

    Lithium's longer life usually makes it less expensive in the end and they don't require maintenance like what you've described above.
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