280AH Cells ordered.
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jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
Cells arriving next week!
Bud Martin
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FedEx notifies me that my batteries from Basen will be here on Wed the 30th! they were sitting at the customs from the Dec13th ~ 26th.
Hi Jason, just ordered mine, but half your quantity. How long did shipping take? And may I ask what kind of BMS did you decide on? Thanks, Jerome
Good to hear! Mine are on the way. J
jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
1 got one box of 16 today. (Number 8/16 wrote on the box even)
Even with shipping strap damage to the box, the contents are very well packed. Three layers of high-density foam surround the top and the bottom, and one the ends.
3 at 3.297V and one at 3.296V.
Even with shipping strap damage to the box, the contents are very well packed. Three layers of high-density foam surround the top and the bottom, and one the ends.
3 at 3.297V and one at 3.296V.
jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
I have a 47" wide shelf and can hold any of these three battery layouts.
I am favoring the one I have shown in the screenshot on the left.
WHY? - I plan to have a simple set of unistrut/superstrut along the top and all thread to "compress" the cells to keep from "expanding". This layout also affords for minimum DC cabling from the battery to the DC combiner.
The shelf I have is already loaded with 1300 lbs of BYD batteries, this is expected to be 5 times the kWh and 500 lbs lighter.
Superstrut:
Allthread:
What I think I'll attach the all-thread to, to clamp to the shelf:
Download the zip file and open with Sketchup and plan your setup.
I have a two bussbars, a Cell, a 12V, 24v, and 3 48V batteries in the Sketchup.
The dimensions are exact for the 280AH Basen cells
I am favoring the one I have shown in the screenshot on the left.
WHY? - I plan to have a simple set of unistrut/superstrut along the top and all thread to "compress" the cells to keep from "expanding". This layout also affords for minimum DC cabling from the battery to the DC combiner.
The shelf I have is already loaded with 1300 lbs of BYD batteries, this is expected to be 5 times the kWh and 500 lbs lighter.
Superstrut:
Superstrut 10 ft. 14-Gauge Silver Half Slotted Electro-Galvanized Strut Channel ZB14HS10EG - The Home Depot
The 1-5/8 in. x 10 ft. Metal Framing Channel can be used for framing and mounting and for constructing load centers and vertical pipe supports. with a silver-galvanized finish and a half-slot construction,
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Allthread:
Superstrut 3/8 in. x 10 ft. Strut Fitting Galvanized Threaded Electrical Support Rod ZR1038 - The Home Depot
The Superstrut 3/8 in. Galvanized Threaded Electrical Support Rod is used to suspend metal framing channel from ceilings. The construction of this support rod holds up to 1,900 lbs. This rod is 16-Gauge
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What I think I'll attach the all-thread to, to clamp to the shelf:
Flat fitting - 14 - Struts - Electrical Boxes, Conduit & Fittings - The Home Depot
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Download the zip file and open with Sketchup and plan your setup.
I have a two bussbars, a Cell, a 12V, 24v, and 3 48V batteries in the Sketchup.
The dimensions are exact for the 280AH Basen cells
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jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
Most of the cat perch has arrived. These bus bars are all short and only will work with vertical stacking, not horizontal stacking, without "modification."
I think modification will be a brief visit with the metal cutter and chop saw or angle grinder.
Or a bigger washer.
I think modification will be a brief visit with the metal cutter and chop saw or angle grinder.
Or a bigger washer.
But it doesn't appear much of the busbar will be covering the cells terminal. I would either get longer busbars, or use short battery cables. Then again it all depends on how many amps will be going through your modified busbars.
ArthurEld
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I made the longer ones out of .125 X .75 copper bar stock.
jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
Just can't wait for the rest of the stuff to do it all up. In the mean time...
jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
I am probably just going to zig-zag it and put a 1/0 cable on the end to join the two 24V packs, like the one flat on the left in the picture.
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Glad you finally got your batts. Was getting tired of listening to you whine all the time.
The 1/0 is a good idea. Since you're good at drawing, I'd clamp cells up, take measurements, draw a bus bar, then send the .stl to CNC for however many you need. The cheesy shit they send with our batteries isn't good for anything. I'd use 1/8 or 3/16 Alunimen but that's because I overbuild everything. That's also why I never have problems and nothing ever runs hot. And the terminals are Al, no Galvanic corrosion with mismatched metals/finishes.
jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
I think something that looks the shape of an ANL fuse would be perfect. This way it could have two attachment points on the same end.
Mainly so I would quit bitching and so you would have the option to go inline or stacked with the cells.
i'm not a battery expert but that's an awesome price. Lishen supplied the batteries for a very large multi MW project up here in MN so i know they're decent...i'm curious, tho, on qc vetting. what iso protocols or other vetting was there that made you comfortable to purchase.. and what is the warranty and how do you return a battery if there is an issue.
I suggest checking out the group buy thread. Basen is getting quite a few black marks lately.
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