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  • Post in thread: Hi from Brisbane, Australia

    Hi Peter, Firstly remove you email and phone number from your post otherwise will get all sorts of spam.
  • Post in thread: measurement unit consensus.

    I grew up using both metric and imperial measurements so I have no issues using either. Many many years ago I had to laugh when an apprentice, who was a real smart arse, read out a measurement and said three eights sixteenth at the end of it because he couldn’t relate to seven sixteenths...
  • Post in thread: G'day guys

    Hi Adam and welcome. I’m from Port Stephens New South Wales and have just built a 280Ah batter with cells from China and have another 4 cells on the way. I paid just over AU$900 for my first set with a Daly 250A BMS and just over AU$1000 for for my second set. Yes you can buy cheaper and take...
  • Post in thread: Which CC for small home-made LiFePo4 camping battery?

    I live in Australia but visitIng the UK at the moment. Ok which cheap solar blanket? Rather than buy some things which you will later put into a spares bin which you probably won‘t use anymore have a good think about your future power usage and what you will need. Yes buy the PWM if just a...
  • Post in thread: Nominal Capacity : 100Ah ?

    Oooops ty will correct now
  • Post in thread: Would some one kindly advice, I am just exsperimenting at the moment. : )

    Hi Chadd, I’m originally from Newport SW but live in Australia and currently in Mykonos on route to the UK in 2 weeks. Happy to help out but responses may take some time….will post a reply later this evening for you.
  • Post in thread: Inverters come with TWO positive and TWO negative 4AWG cables...

    Yes and most people bin those and make their own as i did with my Giandel 3000w inverter. 2 x 3 AWG but if I hadn’t been so impatient I would of made them out of 2 AWG. My 4 AWG got warm on high current draw.
  • Post in thread: Capacity Tesing

    Buy one of these and set it to a 5A load. The aligator clips are useless so change them to terminal connectors to suit the size of your battery terminals. Link now added...
  • Post in thread: Battery Lost Power too quickly

    No as I said you can connect the panels in series which will increase your voltage but the amps remain the same. This enables you to use the existing cable 10AWG cable and 20A inline fuse. Then as CamelCase said, connect the batteries in parallel so you have a 12volt bank. The MPPT solar...
  • Post in thread: Is this inverter good for my campervan conversion?

    That inverter is probably not made by that company and it will just be a rebadged unit. The link below has a unit through Amazon and yes there are some bad reviews on the brand as with all types but for this model there appears to be mostly good reviews...
  • Post in thread: Excessive electricity from panels

    Ok first question. Did you connect the solar controller to the battery first and then to the solar panels? If not that could be the issue and it send the solar controller haywire. I would disconnect the system, panels first and then the battery, wait a few minutes then reconnect the solar...
  • Post in thread: Pure 12V 400watts set up (no inverter)

    You must still be half asleep Joey :ROFLMAO:. 40 amps.
  • Post in thread: Would some one kindly advice, I am just exsperimenting at the moment. : )

    Even though it has been hot there you won’t need it….It hasn’t been that hot :cool:. You just plug the sensor in as your controller will be close to the battery and all you are doing is measuring the air temperature. You will not need the cable type which is for a remote sensor and is an...
  • Post in thread: Daly BMS (250A 4s 12V) reading wrong cell voltage for first cell

    Try doing a factory reset on the BMS. I had a major issue once with one of two 250A BMS’s set up on two 12v batteries in parallel and that is what corrected it. Mind you I still have one that indicates a negative current when charging but I can live with that.
  • Post in thread: Nominal Capacity : 100Ah ?

    Lol yep…thank goodness I have proof readers to keep me on the straight and narrow ?
  • Post in thread: Just a total noob building a 8S JBD BMS from Amy Wan

    You need ring terminals in the size that either fit your terminal bolts or the bolts on the busbar like these. https://www.cabac.com.au/p/electrical-power-connectivity/terminals/pre-insulated-terminals/rt1-25-6 and a crimper like this...
  • Post in thread: My solar panels are not fully charging, Low power on Epever Tracer4215BN 430 W solar / 280Ah LifePO4

    Thanks mike for your valued input. Do you know how Missoo can turn the protection settings on? I have found one manual but it did not provide any answers.
  • Post in thread: Which Inverter manufacturer to use?

    I live in Australia it currently in Athens. Go to this guys website for information on inverters then do a search in NZ to look at what u can purchase. Hope this helps. I live in Australia but currently in Athens. Go to this guys website for information on inverters then do a search in NZ to...
  • Post in thread: BMS help

    Hi Ampster, Yes that is fine if you are not new to Lithium and have matched cells from a reputable seller but it can be a lottery if you don’t. Too many sellers around selling cells that have not been matched and when you are buying from a person who is so far down the chain from the...
  • Post in thread: Need help understanding solar panel connectors, saftey

    If you had posted in one of the other forums you would have had a multitude of answers by now. Yes it is very safe to build cables as you are only dealing with 12 volts and all you need to do is make sure you have a good connection and that the polarity is right. I'm in Australia and we...

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