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Apprentice Neanderthal
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- Aug 20, 2020
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From 2020 through early 2021, I purchased various LiFePO4 batteries, hoping to build backup batteries for times when the grid was down. Due to the world-wide logistics issues everyone is facing and my personal experience with the "One Apus" adventure, I decided to try something different and sold-off all batteries I had purchased and patiently waited to receive.
On September 15, 2021, I took the plunge and placed two orders for the following Bluetti items :
#1 . . . 1ea AC300 + 2ea B300 + 3ea PV200
#2 . . . 1ea AC300 + 1eaB300
The items were received :
3ea PV200 on 11/17/2021
1ea AC300 + 2ea B300 on 12/01/2021
1ea AC300 + 1ea B300 on 12/04/2021
My out-of-the-box experience was that the first received B300 would not turn-on (required a "long-press" on the power button). It was DOA. The other two B300s turned-on (with a "long-press" of the power button) and they indicated a "60%" charge as shown on the B300 LEDs.
With the first received AC300s grid-powered (I have not tried the second AC300 yet), each B300 was connected individually to the AC300 and each was recognized on the AC300 touch-screen display, but only the two B300s that could be manually turned-on would charge.
I then connected each B300 individually to a single PV200 solar panel. The DOA B300 was still DOA. Interestingly, only one of the remaining B300s would automatically turn-on and begin charging. The other B300 would not turn-on or charge.
And here begins my next adventure.
Comments?
On September 15, 2021, I took the plunge and placed two orders for the following Bluetti items :
#1 . . . 1ea AC300 + 2ea B300 + 3ea PV200
#2 . . . 1ea AC300 + 1eaB300
The items were received :
3ea PV200 on 11/17/2021
1ea AC300 + 2ea B300 on 12/01/2021
1ea AC300 + 1ea B300 on 12/04/2021
My out-of-the-box experience was that the first received B300 would not turn-on (required a "long-press" on the power button). It was DOA. The other two B300s turned-on (with a "long-press" of the power button) and they indicated a "60%" charge as shown on the B300 LEDs.
With the first received AC300s grid-powered (I have not tried the second AC300 yet), each B300 was connected individually to the AC300 and each was recognized on the AC300 touch-screen display, but only the two B300s that could be manually turned-on would charge.
I then connected each B300 individually to a single PV200 solar panel. The DOA B300 was still DOA. Interestingly, only one of the remaining B300s would automatically turn-on and begin charging. The other B300 would not turn-on or charge.
And here begins my next adventure.
Comments?