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The batteries themselves are fused internally and have power switches so the install is a bit cleaner than my DYI batteriesLooks like dstar and noobie, it looks like you got this battery. Do you have any schematics of your setups? I'm trying to figure out fusing between my batteries and bus bar right now, pretty new to battery setups. What are you using?
I'd be curious to see if this works out for you, I'd assume if you purchased from the USA site it would ship from the US and you'd be subject to duties and taxes once it crosses the border, in that case, you'd be a few hundred over $3167 with the unfavorable exchange rate at the moment.I just purchased and found a work around. the price sent up to $1099 per battery and without wires but, if you go to the Aolithium us website then click on LIFEPO4 battery at the top. you'll see whole page of batteries scroll down to the bottom and find the two rack, three rack, four rack for the per battery price and includes all cables. Now for the better Canadian discount... I am Canadian myself, Do not purchase on the Canadian site, as per battery is $1599 or 2 for $3167. i purchased on US site with code Aolithium01 (1%) additional off - after conversion it is $2750 Canadian. When you get to the end of the check out - you can choose Canada. - edited my post just realize they are referral links, not mine...you do save more msg me privately if you want
I dont think they'll actually ship from USA, cause it would cost them a few hundred, i thought of that as well. i would pretty much be break even pointI'd be curious to see if this works out for you, I'd assume if you purchased from the USA site it would ship from the US and you'd be subject to duties and taxes once it crosses the border, in that case, you'd be a few hundred over $3167 with the unfavorable exchange rate at the moment.
So I'm gathering that running to a bus bar is preferable to doing the parallel daisy chain method that they show? Does the daisy chain cause an amp draw limitation?The batteries themselves are fused internally and have power switches so the install is a bit cleaner than my DYI batteries
I currently have four batteries paralleled and running to a Lynx distributor. The lynx distributor has a few 100A fuses that I was using with my DYI batteries but for the aolithium I'm just using it as a glorified bus bar. I have two 400 Amp class T fuses sitting between the distributor and my two inverters (one each).
However I'm going to change this and run six batteries to bus bar then from the bus bar to the lynx distributor. I'm going to stick with the 400A class T fuses. I think the main thing to focus on is protection between the full battery stack and the inverters since each battery has protection built into it.
Depends on what you need the system to do. If typical and max amps out of the stack is less than the rating of the cables (25mm2 = ~3-4 AWG) then you will be just fine with the parallel cables and one set of longer inverter connection cables. If your inverter can draw more than 125A from the pack then you should use the buss-bar and connect each pack to it.. then use 2/0 or thicker to connect to the inverter.So I'm gathering that running to a bus bar is preferable to doing the parallel daisy chain method that they show? Does the daisy chain cause an amp draw limitation?
Mine arrived in mint condition but I agree a strap is a good idea.They shipped mine in just the wood crate, stapled closed, no strapping or wrap. FedEx knocked the lids off both and about completely broke open the second.
Inverter communication is the wildcard here.. I will be working on getting communications sorted out for my Voltronic 6548 type AIO.. No luck yet.Anyone set one of these up with a Growatt SPF 3500TL LVM-US and get the communication working correctly?
Yes, that was my interpretation too. This sets it to CAN.Inverter communication is the wildcard here.. I will be working on getting communications sorted out for my Voltronic 6548 type AIO.. No luck yet.
If everyone who gets comes working reports here we can better interpret the instructions in the user guide.
For growatt believe that you need DIPS 5 and 6 to be on.
Yes I think the AOLithium BMS is setup for CAN communication but not sure the RS485 option (for voltronic) is ready to go out of the box.Yes, that was my interpretation too. This sets it to CAN.
Growatt has settings for Lithium with communication, with a second setting required that the manual tells you to reach out to Growatt to confirm.
I did, and the Growatt guy told me to set the inverter to manual and enter in the voltages manually. Sigh...
And - holy crap the fans are loud on the Growatt
Really want to find out the BMS manufacturer and see if any of the BMS configuration apps will read the BMS data.
The layout of the comm ports, indicator lights and DIP address bar looks really similar to the Seplos BMS's...I found on their site somewhere the statement “Aolithium batteries use JBD Smart BMS”
JBD-UP16S010 really looks like the one of the rack batteries.
I heard back from support who has to ask the engineers...Yes I think the AOLithium BMS is setup for CAN communication but not sure the RS485 option (for voltronic) is ready to go out of the box.
If you are able to get communication going for growatt let us know.
Really want to find out the BMS manufacturer and see if any of the BMS configuration apps will read the BMS data.
This guy seems to have found some BMS documentation... its not a well known unit from my knowledge..I found on their site somewhere the statement “Aolithium batteries use JBD Smart BMS”
JBD-UP16S010 really looks like the one of the rack batteries.