Solar Surfer
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I just installed 16 CALB 100ah cell’s in parallel, series to make a 12v 400ah battery, needing guidance on charge controller bulk and float parameters, using outback 60 charge controller.If you charge to 3.5V and discharge to 2.9V, then you are operating in approx. 10%-95% SOC window and your cells should give you up to 5000 cycles, assuming no freezing and no overheating ( up to 40 degC is fine for very long life ).
Capacity will slowly fade to 80% of original after 4-5 years of use due to calendar aging. Voltage will start to sag a bit more due to aging, but if your C rate is low you won't notice it much.
I still have CALB cells working fine at 70% original capacity after 10 years of careful use.
Also, CALB and Sinopoly cells are excellent products, no worse than what's inside BattleBorn in any way.
Any cell with UL 1642 certification is a great product.
CALB is still my first choice after 10 years in this business and trying everything there is on the market.
Would also like best bms system to use in this configuration.
Thanks