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  1. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    Received the Replacement Cell Friday Night. It was matched much closer to the original 3. Got to first base. Second, as others have mentioned I bypassed the bottom balancing, of course this time they were really close but when you purchase cells the first thing is you meter the voltages to...
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    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    Thanks, looks like No-Alox will take some time to get here so I picked some Gardner Bender OX-100B Not Available OZ ALU Compound and it should be arriving on Saturday. Have scrub brushes in the kitchen and ordered 6 more to arrive Friday to replace the one and wife will be happy. Happy wife...
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    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    True enough, I started this slowly this project with the boys and I for science project but new it would be costly and quite expensive from an SSI standpoint so the image here is a single 150ah cell working great and a 1000 watt but a 2000 watt now in its place I used the smaller one to test and...
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    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    I've decided not to worry so much about bottom balancing since most of the time if needed to be recharged it should be in the happy medium of inbetween and not bottoming out. Just didn't know and wanted to verify and do everything I can so if this doesn't work out when the cell arrives, hoping...
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    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    The compression is an easy task for me anyway, need to compress until the circuit board fits comfortably on top to connect. Then just enough ump so if the band or tape loosens just a hair you haven't lost your circuit board.
  6. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    Its actually a 150 ah kit from batteryevo. Comes with the circuit board balance and bms as well as the 4 cells. I guess they are discontinuing this for lack of supply and lucky me got the end of the crop.
  7. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    Well, I guess when it comes in I won't worry so much about them being bottom balanced. I'll still use the active 5 amp balancer coming in with the bms and use the victron to charge. After it stops I'll pull it apart, only have a 2 amp power supply but hopefully should only take a day or two to...
  8. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    not directly, in a sense, but using 2 different bms's one with a circuit board for the balance leads and then overkill with their long cabling. Tested the overkill as I always do to make sure all wires were correct and thats about it.
  9. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    Do they work with 3.2 volts? Thanks.
  10. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    What size Resistor would you get? I have one ceramic which works fine for demostrating inverter precharge but it seemed not even to dent the battery cell in voltage...
  11. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    Thanks, but the reason I am asking is because I originally bought a battery pack -- 4s 12 150ah prismatic cells and when I went to charge the pack with the victron the last cell ran away sprinting to 3.65 leaving the three other cells behind at 3.31 volts. So I took the bad cell, what I thought...
  12. Guardianwill

    Bottom Balance 150ah lifepo4 12 v 4s cells

    I've searched and searched looking for what would be an easy answer but yet came up empty so if this has been asked or discussed before please accept my apology. I'll give an example and then ask my question. Trying to bottom balance my cells and 1 is bad so you return it and they send another...
  13. Guardianwill

    LifePO4 Battery Bank - Compression needed?

    300 kg is like 600 plus pounds... Tight squeeze... But what you say is true they do definitely state that. I don't know I think my clamps go to 600 max...
  14. Guardianwill

    Use a 12v 100ah battery instead of 50 ah

    Thanks, guess it be best to keep it what he has. Keep it simple...
  15. Guardianwill

    Use a 12v 100ah battery instead of 50 ah

    Thank you. Thats what I was wanting to double check. Hate to make an idiot of myself to my 11 and 10 year olds.
  16. Guardianwill

    Use a 12v 100ah battery instead of 50 ah

    Thank you. Silly me, was also thinking it would give 1000 watts or there abouts instead of the 480 watts...
  17. Guardianwill

    Use a 12v 100ah battery instead of 50 ah

    Was wondering, referencing your reasonable milk crate build can you use all the listed components within your video for this build however change the battery from 50 ah to 100 ah? Just trying, in my retired years and still raising 2 very young boys how to build and use this science and to...

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