Ho man...she try to convince me that basen can't send cells other then by 4...
Well they may not be happy about doing it. This was the 1st time I have ordered from Alibaba and was expecting email communication not the internal messaging system so I missed it when she express concerns about the extra battery. I think they just gave up and filled the order but it was three boxes vs two.
Yea they do.not seems to like it, but it seems a good idea to get a spare cell, they just now have to design a 3 pieces box...shouldn't be so hard...?
I didn't know if I had the energy either when I got my boxes. But I couldn't stand it any longer and found enough energy to open the boxes....lol
Very nice! Gives me hope my tracking will go live in the next week.
Sorry about your PS. The positive black is weird. Even though the cells are labeled it would be nice of the positive was red.
Yea the labels are so small I had the two days before I put my glasses on and finally saw them
I did but it shows the voltage either way. It's a new unit to me and I didn't realize it just shows a dot to tell you it's reversed
I just ordered 20 280ah cells from Emily at Shenzhen Basen. Total was $1,640 for the batteries, $286 for shipping for a total of $1,926. There was a small credit card fee as well. That's $96.30 a battery delivered. As you said, now we wait... But so far it's been a smooth process, and this is the first time I've used Alibaba. Next up for me is buying 4 BMS' (3 12v batteries at 280ah, 1 12v battery at 560ah).
That is $1926 / (20 cells * 3.2Vnom * 0.280 kAh) = $107/kWh. Wow, good deal - iff they meet the specs - keep us posted
. Far cheaper & safer than for example salvage Tesla Model X 100D modules on Ebay @ ~$225/kWh. Less than half that price.
What aussiesim said. The photos are of Lishen cells.
I don't think there are known problems with the Lishen cells (beyond being nominally 272Ah vs nominally 280Ah for the EVE's but based on what the sellers say, the Lishen's test at or above the actual rating of the EVE's 280-285)
We don't know if there are problems with Lishen's yet because no one on the forum has tested them, but one of the forum members has 4 in hand and his test results should be out soon. There are one or two suppliers that have tested them and they claim the cells test better than 280ah. Lishen is a top manufacturer in China. From the bits and pieces I have picked up I am optimistic the cells will be good replacements for EVE. Anyways the whole point was to point out the Basen 20% off isn't anything to get excited about because the Lishen's cells don't cost as much as the EVE cells.
Those were the 200 amp cells with studs. The studs were spot welded instead of a hole being tapped. That could have been the reason for the high IR mismatch. In fact Tim at Billion pointed it out. I decided not to risk it so I pulled out. Another member has the 200ah cells and is happy with them.
