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Unbelievably cheap LiFePO4 batteries from Australia on eBay

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Is there anyone here from Australia? Anyone ever heard of these batteries or seen them on eBay? Is this a scam? Some sort of promotion?
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VoltaX 12V 100Ah Lithium Battery LiFePO4 Iron Phosphate Rechargeable 4WD RV | eBay

Portable personal computer. Camper Trailer Caravan Camping Truck RV and more. It＊s as easy as that. Nominal Capacity: 100Ah. Usable Capacity: 100Ah. Battery cells:Prismatic Cell. It fits most battery boxes.
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If you can tell me anything about them, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
 
At that price buy one and find out if it is scam ?
Looks to good to be true, and free shipping ?
For $19 i am tempted to see if what happens when i buy it.
 
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Looks too good to be true to me as well. The problem is, they have such a long delivery window that I might not know for almost 2 months if I make a purchase to find out.
 
Glow said:
Looks too good to be true to me as well. The problem is, they have such a long delivery window that I might not know for almost 2 months if I make a purchase to find out.
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Estimated between Wed. Jul. 15 and Wed. Jul. 22
Not that long.
Clearly it is a mistake that they probably won't honor.
 
Update: tried to buy, eBay says it's unavailable, so it's moot, but the ad I get says: Thu. Jul. 16 and Mon. Aug. 31. Tried contacting the seller to find out if it was an error, but got no reply.
 
$19, was it really even necessary to try? It's obviously going to be an error or a scam. It'd cost $10 just to ship it around the country.
 
Seller has other batteries listed for same sort of prices so it's not an error, it's a scam.
 
I suspected, but I never assume, always investigate. It's possible that some new company was putting these out as a sort of beta test or something like that.
 
This is a very good price, anyone have any experience with VoltaX 12V 100Ah Lithium Ion Battery LiFePO4 Deep Cycle
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BEST SELLER - VoltaX 12V 100Ah Lithium Ion LiFePO4 Battery

EOFY SALE! Plus FREE SHIPPING on most items! Now with 1 year Australian Warranty Produces up to two times the usable power of a lead-acid battery At just 9.5kg, it’s one-third of the weight of other batteries LiFePO4 technology is the safest money can buy Works in direct sunlight
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Same battery the OP posted.
 
I am no expert, but I want to buy two (series 24v)! 3 years warranty.
For we in Australia this price is unbelievable good.

Would I be doing the right? I did notice they are 15kg's heaver than the "200Ah Ampere Time" I nearly jumped in to a few months ago but didn't have the funds..
 
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Glow said:
Is there anyone here from Australia? Anyone ever heard of these batteries or seen them on eBay? Is this a scam? Some sort of promotion?
www.ebay.com

VoltaX 12V 100Ah Lithium Battery LiFePO4 Iron Phosphate Rechargeable 4WD RV | eBay

Portable personal computer. Camper Trailer Caravan Camping Truck RV and more. It＊s as easy as that. Nominal Capacity: 100Ah. Usable Capacity: 100Ah. Battery cells:Prismatic Cell. It fits most battery boxes.
www.ebay.com
If you can tell me anything about them, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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EBay has lots of scam listings like a Nvidia 2080Ti for 1/10th the price. I don't know what's in it for the scammer as eBay / paypal will reverse the sale nearly immediately.
 
No not ebay, which to me makes a difference.

outbax.com.au

VoltaX 12V 200Ah Lithium Ion LiFePO4 Battery

EOFY SALE! Plus FREE SHIPPING on most items! Now with 1 year Australian Warranty Lasts up to 4 times longer than standard SLA batteries Can be connected in series LiFePO4 technology is the safest money can buy Will continue to work efficiently in high temps
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I will let you know how good they are as I just bought the 3.5kva Genie.
 
They also have this 200 Ah which is more expensive, I wonder what difference is....

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VoltX RV 12V 200Ah LiFePO4 Lithium Battery - PLUS Built-in BMS & Power Voltage Display

PRICE DROP! WAS $1099 NOW $1049 Plus FREE SHIPPING to most areas! Now with 4 years Australian Warranty Fits most RV's Supports series and parallel connection Built-in LCD voltage indicator Equivalent power to a 400Ah lead-acid battery Maintenance-free for years and years of use
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It appears nothing, apart from the very basic LCD and the colour of the stickers on the side. Once my 12V victron inverter turns up I'll guinea pig one of the 200A green ones powering my desktop PC. See if it truly has the 200Ah capacity. If not I'll take advantage of their 60 day money back guarantee. I'd rather be out a small amount to ship it back, than be stuck with a battery that has a 200Ah sticker, and only provides 2/3 of that. If these do live up to their rated capacity, I'll be buying 3 more and using them to run my 48V 3kW Victron setup, replacing 8 100Ah SLA's which were used for initial testing.

edit: 200Ah, not 200A ;)
 
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So my local battery store's cheapest equivalent is just over a grand. There doesn't seem to be a great deal of info on the web about these so I called them up and asked the obvious:

Q: Why are these batteries so cheap?
A: We are buying them in bulk, selling well below the RRP and are counting on quantity of sales rather than high margins.

Q: How many have you sold?
A: Just over 200 this week

Q: Are the cells recycled/refurbished?
A: No, the batteries are completely new from the factory.

Q: What's your return policy?
A: If you have any problems at all just give us a call or email and we'll sort it out.
(I'm well aware of what their site says, 60 days money back etc etc)

I was happy enough with what the other human had to say, and he seemed genuine enough. Thus I've gone and ordered one and will report back with my findings when it arrives.

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I will in the meantime check out ecoambitionsaustralia on youtube. Hes so happy with the 2 he bought hes doubling his capacity with two more!

i have a few things to pay off on afterpay then ill get the 200aH green one :)

i did however just order an ir thermometer to check interconnects.
 
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For the time you had it - why did you part with it?

If these keep living up to their reputation of holding capacity, and longetivity, it wont be "dreaming" that for $1600 you'd be able to get 4 and have 5kWh of storage at 48V.
 
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I've just realised I've picked the wrong words (and cant ninja edit lol).
should be "for the time i have had it". Still have it, currently not in use sitting in storage as i have just moved house.
 
Well at least you won't have to worry about it. I put my calb cells aside for a few months with the only load being an LED and the vampire draw of the radio gear in standby and it was still 13.2v when I got my daly bms for it and decided to drag it out and hook it up. Do that with any Lead Acid and it'll be junk :)

(yes I ran my calbs with no BMS for a while there, but I kept a close eye on them.)

Also I think as this is a discussion about a brand of drop in replacement, it should be moved to the "Plug and Play" drop in replacements section so more will see it.
 
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the very basic LCD and the colour of the stickers on the side. Once my 12V victron inverter turns up I'll guinea pig one of the 200A green ones powering my desktop PC. See if it truly has the 200Ah capacity. If not I'll take advantage of their 60 day money back guarantee. I'd rather be out a small amount to ship it back, than be stuck with a battery that has a 200Ah sticker, and only provides 2/3 of that. If these do live up to their rated capacity, I'll be buying 3 more and using them to run my 48V
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I will in the meantime check out ecoambitionsaustralia on youtube. Hes so happy with the 2 he bought hes doubling his capacity with two more!

i have a few things to pay off on afterpay then ill get the 200aH green one :)

i did however just order an ir thermometer to check interconnects.
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Thank you for referring people to my youtube channel.

Please note that the batteries have issues when it's hot and the charge rate gets close to the nominated charge rate (for mine that's 20A). They will then stop taking charge and set my EPEVER charge controller into a "not charging" state rather than float, leading to a temporary discharge before it picks up the charge again a few minutes later. No major drama for me, but it needs to be noted.

Commentators on my channel have reported that this problem goes away if the charge rate is lowered further.

I am buying another set of batteries, but they will not be Voltax, as I do want to run some more comparisons and experiments.
It'll be too boring to buy what already is known to work for me. :)
 
Do you mean by hot as in a hot day, or heat generated by the battery while charging?

Good to see you here - What brand did you decide to get for the second set of batteries?
 
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