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5632W - Lowest Cost Per Watt Battery?

Rocksnsalt

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From what I’ve seen, this Vestwoods battery appears to be the lowest cost per watt pre made 24v battery that includes a 200a bms, high and low temp protection, and bluetooth.
25.6v x 220ah =5632w for $1339.99.
so that’s 23.8 cents /watt, plus whatever your sales tax rate is if applicable (free shipping).

They also offer a 48V version:
51.2v x 110ah 5632w version for 1499.99 or 26.6 cents/watt but it is not an Ultra model, so it has a 100a bms.
Curiously, (and perhaps an error), it is listed as 48v and 100ah on the Amazon page, though the label on the battery shown indicates 110ah.


I have their 12.8v 250ah 3200w Ultra battery and it works fine (light use so far and confirmed cold temp cutoff worked), but the bt leaves a lot to be desired. That’s not a deal killer for me, but seriously can’t they just hire someone on Fiver to create a good bt app for them. That’s not really a question.
 

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FYI, I did buy this battery and the reason it's so cheap is because it's NOT a LiFePO4. The cells are NMC. See more info in my post here:

 
There's not really (much) false advertising , NMC is just referring to the cathode portion of the battery, the lithium makes the anode. The full chemical name would be LiNiMnCoO2 like we say LiFePO4.
 
The last time I looked at the Vestwood 48V nominal server rack battery I noticed it was 15s, NOT 16s.

Misleading at best.
 
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