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So I thought I'd embark on the journey of a first battery build out of pure boredom. I ended up piecing together the following parts list - all prices are in AUD: 16 x 320ah VariCore LiFePO4 Cells (AliExpress) $1638.00 Case $459.65 JK Inverter BMS 200A $211.14 BMS Screen $67.29 Heat...

Look there are a few little things I'd change but overall its quite good for the money. Personally I'd prefer if it had a proper breaker not just an on/off switch. It also had no ring lug for attaching the small positive wire to the BMS, luckily I had a few laying around. I guess my biggest...

Yeah no inline fuse, I've ordered one just for the peace of mind to add to my DC MCB. Rather safe than sorry I guess if anything goes wrong...

So an update on the pack, it has balanced after being top charged for a couple days and the first cycle pulled about 14.5kw going from 100% down to 5%. I'm thinking the capacity might increase a tiny bit once the cells balance further. In any case I'm happy with the result. When charging at 120a...

Random question for you - does your JK BMS allow for either B8 balance port to be used? I had to repin the harness in in he XR-07 because only one of my B8's would work and it was the one on the opposite string to the harness. The cable barely reached after being re-pinned, but I made do.

Good to know - I do have a dead JK Inverter BMS laying around so I could always salvage it for parts if need be. Mine is a HW15 board which is why I find it interesting that only 1 B8 port works.