Hi folks, writing from South Australia, just ordered 17 cells EVE 3,2V 280Ah from Dongguan Lighting through rain Zeng.
The costs were: $1292 products ($76 per cell), $405 shipping, $48 inspection fee (I've added this after I've placed and paid the initial order, just to have some ease of mind, which returned me a nicely "factory" and packaging inspection report with pictures and labelled boxes). Total cost in USD 1697.
Shipping is by sea (remember, i live on a big island) and noted to be DDU - includes customs clearance but not including tax.
My project starts with building a 48V 280Ah bank to power up my full electric pirate ship.
Not solar charging yet, but in the works. At the moment I run an 48V AGM bank with AC mains power charging via a Delta-q IC1200 48V 25A.
I was planning to use the same charger as it was sold to me on the basis that at any point in time I can contact the manufacturer and request to download the LFP charging profile and just install it via a usb stick... But it's not possible apparently, as they refuse to give me the charging profile because the battery is not from an accepted supplier / manufacturer (their examples were Samsung, Relion, etc.) Even to this day (after a week of talks on a daily basis) they still handball me to various re-seller of their products and back to them... I'm very very VERY disappointed in their service.
Anyway, leaving the rant aside, following spending a good week on this forum and you tube and other internet resources, I've decided to order a set of Chargery Smart Charger 1500W and BMS16T 600A (this one form Shenzen Yirui Technology), with separate order for 2 400A energy saver contactors.
Apparently their smart charger has programmable voltage and current and can act as a power supply, so i can calibrate my 600A shunt that comes with the BMS.
The order status on Alibaba, to this date, shows "Waiting to be shipped" and just got confirmation from rain Zeng that the products will be sen to their forwarder today.
So far I'm quite happy with the experience...fingers crossed to be like this till the end.
I will put in my signature the time frames and endeavor to keep it updated.
Cheers,