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    BMS/charge controller issue

    I'm basically bench testing a 12 volt 305 ah. LiFePo4 battery build I'm doing for a friend for his RV. I have the battery connected to an inverter for load and a Xantrex C-60 for charging, It appears to start out working fine but then CC goes open circuit soon after connecting. This open...
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    230 Vac to 115 Vac question

    Can this 230 vac inverter be ran into a transformer and converted to 115 vac for common residential use here in the USA...
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    Question about Bogart Tri-Metric.

    Can anybody tell me if the settings in a Tri-Metric will be retained when swapping a battery bank. I was thinking, if not Id patch in a 9 volt battery to it to maintain settings.
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    Thoughts on this article?

    I was sent this article from a friend. Trying to figure out whether to write it off as BS or if any of it makes sense. Anybody elses thoughts?
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    JK BMS giving me grief.

    Building a battery for my friend. I have a K-B2A8S20P BMS. It won't come to life. I have verified on the harness all voltages are correct. Gone over the connection order and it just won't come to life. There's full, Top Balanced, voltage entering the unit but it's not coming out. I've built...
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    Cant get the JBD or xingxiang BMS app from play store

    Got a new phone and trying to get the BMS app back on my phone. No matter where I look and try to get that app by name. I am being shown lots of related apps but the one I'm trying to get will NOT show up. Is anybody else having this problem? Wondering if I can get it direct without going to...
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    Why the small cables?

    I'm curious as to why all the BMS I see on the market have such small gauge power cabling? Seems they should be larger. I was just looking at the stats of a 120 amp BMS which claims 500 amp limit of discharge current. Seems this much current would liquify the small output cables.
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    Regarding charging a plug and play battery.

    I have a friend who want's to replace her, end of life, FLA batteries with a drop in LFP battery. I'm wondering if she needs to replace her Xantrex C-40 charge controller with a (more adjustable) MPPT controller. The C series controllers have fully adjustable voltage settings but as far as I...
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    Question regarding top balancing

    So I just received 16 eve 230 ah. cells from Jenny at Doucan. They arrived in perfect condition. What great packaging. All 16 cells measure 3.293 volts right out of the box. My question is, Is it absolutely necessary to top balance them being they are so perfectly balanced now? I have to ask...
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