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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Man that sounds great EJ! Congratulations. I have high hopes for my system. I bought one of the all in one inverter/charger/solar units. I'm going to segregate my boat's break box into inverter output breakers and shore power only breakers which will be a bit of a project. Thank you for the...
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Thanks for that info. I thought they looked identical but you never know these days. They happen to be in stock at Overkill right now, but you make a good point on the price/warranty.
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Interesting observation on the cell weight. They are heavy and they don't say anything about rerating them. I'm curious to hear if you go with the BHU BMS and what you think of it. It's only $75, which is nice, but I'm not encouraged by their "The issue we have with android is some phone...
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Thanks for the encouragement EJ. I received the cells in good condition on Sat. They were packed quite well. I didn't know BH sold holders or busbars for these. A search doesn't show them on their site, at least that I can find. Did you just buy the little 2 hole busbars and stack them...
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Good point. I see Amy can supply all the hardware as well. I haven't looked yet but I assume some folks have discussed decent sources for copper bar stock on the site. I'm sure it's not cheap so it should factor in to my costs. I have a bandsaw and drill press and can easily make up my own...
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Thanks Bubba. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. Now I have one yea and one sort of nay. :) Any tie breakers? Also thoughts on any of the other points would be much appreciated. I can repost the BMS question in that section.
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    Interesting point. Thanks. I feel like $1000 for 7Kwh of cells isn't a bad deal. I'm just not sure about the pros/cons of radial vs. prismatic (?) cells. On the other hand, they are used as you point out. And I've already been burned once on used cells. Maybe I'd be better off to order new...
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    Buyers Remorse? - I just ordered 5 * 'NEW 8 Pack SAB 3.2v 55ah 176wh 60280 Cells' from Battery Hookup

    BH has a sale that ends at midnight tonight (7/21). https://batteryhookup.com/products/8x-new-sab-3-2v-55ah-176wh-60280-cells $199 for packs of 8 cells. I just ordered 5 of these 8x packs for $1040 delivered (using 'DIY' coupon). I'm planning on 8S5P to give me about 7Kwh at 24v. That...
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    Headway 38120's for CyberPower PR1500LCD UPS Lead Acid Replacement

    Thanks for the info Supervstech. I'm sad this is the answer but you no doubt saved me from wasting some good LFP cells. Thanks again! - Robert
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    Headway 38120's for CyberPower PR1500LCD UPS Lead Acid Replacement

    Hello all. I've been enjoying Will's channel for years and I'm so happy he created this forum! This is my 1st post. I have a couple of CyberPower PR1500LCD battery backups that use a pair of 12v 17Ah VRLA batteries in series. I need to replace the batteries and new ones are $155. I can...
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