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    Nozzles for diy smartdrive hydro turbine?

    Thanks! He's using this type of nozzle, which is also about $300 for two lol.
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    Nozzles for diy smartdrive hydro turbine?

    I'm setting up a diy smartdrive hydro turbine as a trial and trying not to break the bank doing it until I see what I actually can get out of it. Smartdrive motor - from free/broken Samsung washing machine ✅ Penstock/pipe - 100m of 75mm flexible hose ✅ Pelton wheel - ebay purchase ✅ I'm...
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    New YIYEN 20.5Kwh Battery

    Yup. But at 375Kg there wasn't much of an option. Just getting the darn thing into the basement was a challenge lol!
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    New YIYEN 20.5Kwh Battery

    Yeah, welcome to my world lol. Here is a detail of the slew of fees I had to cough-up: Import Duty $700.59 GST $535.45 PST $700.59 Brokerage fee $256.75 Priority HS Fee $7.40 Processing Fee $60.00 Bond Fee $50.00 GST on Brokerage: $18.71 PST on Brokerage: $26.19 Dock charge $45.00 Origin...
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    New YIYEN 20.5Kwh Battery

    Yiyen batteries have a LCD screen that displays, for each 5Kwh pack: the voltage of each cell, 4 temp sensors, low/high temp, low/high volts, cycles, etc. They also offer a PC-based program for viewing this info via CAN connection and (maybe?) historical data... I just have the LCD module.
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    New YIYEN 20.5Kwh Battery

    All I can say is if you're going to import into Vancouver (like I did) do your homework and understand all the fees that will be added on this side of the ocean! When I bought from Yiyen I paid them for shipping but still had over $2K in fees to agent/broker/CRA/wharehouse etc. once the battery...
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    New YIYEN 20.5Kwh Battery

    I'm on Gabriola Island close to Nanaimo. I have a 48v system with: 5.6Kw PV (18x310w) PT-100 charge controller 2x MS-4448PAE inverter/chargers 20.5Kwh LiFePo4 battery 11Kw Generac generator AGS, BMK, ARTR All Magnum stuff.
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    New YIYEN 20.5Kwh Battery

    Hello all -- As the price of LiFePo4 batteries in North America still brings tears to my eyes, I imported a 20.5Kwh battery from YIYEN, a mainland China company, for my off-grid house off the coast of British Columbia. Cost was USD$7,265 plus $350 freight plus a bunch of import charges into...
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