200 AH Milkcrate

[Baghobie]

Gathered up some ideas and decided to house my cells in a milkcrate , 200AH to replace 2 12V lead acids in my RV , starting out with 200 watts of solar, only have small 12V loads for now , may expand later,
Thank for all your info Will

 

[KG6S]

Where did you get your terminal covers?

 

[Baghobie]

Terminal covers came with batteries/busbars

 

[Craig]

I like that you could stack 3 or 4 of those on top of each other for expansion.

 

[kevfab]

Nice build. Are those CALB 100Ah cells? Where did you purchase those with the busbars and terminals?

 

[Baghobie]

Yes they are calb cells, purchased from battery warehouse through aliexpress ( long process) . Brand new,consecutive s/n #, all same voltage . I actually ordered an 11 busbar kit but they only sent 8 ,so i made a few, and i made some terms for the balance leads, i dont like crimping small wires.

 

[WoodsieLord]

how much does the crate weight? The arrangement is neatly done and looks awesome. If I were you, I would add a strong top cover so they can be stacked vertically

 

[JoeHam]

how much does the crate weight? The arrangement is neatly done and looks awesome. If I were you, I would add a strong top cover so they can be stacked vertically

Milk crates are designed to be stacked vertically without a top.

Semi nesting if you will.

 

[Baghobie]

The weight of 8 cells is just under 60 lbs.

 

[vk2emp]

I put a 20kg set of 4 180Ah calbs in a milk crate and it makes it easy to move around. I had no fear of the bottom falling out.

 

[tim0shel]

Nice, this got me thinking of another way to connect my cells together than the original thinking method.