Badfrogg
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I bought the 230ah DIY box so you don't have to! - https://eelbattery.myshopify.com/
I am not ready to give an outright bad review yet. I just received the kit and it has issues. Question now is how do they handle their customers. Will they make it right?
<Edit from the future> The TL;DR is, They did not.
Issues:
The box arrived to Florida from Canada. I ordered the "Ships from USA", Hmm... Close enough I suppose but still not accurate advertising.
It came incomplete as the BMS IS shipping from China. The "Ships from USA" was a kit that was supposed to include the BMS. So I have no BMS.
It came missing parts. No fuse, Missing the EVA tape, Missing a bus bar, missing the front terminal covers. "Not Good".
It is not the same version shown on the advertisement. It was advertised as "New version" but does not look like the V2 or V3 shown in the manual. I think I have a scuffed prototype reject here. All the ones advertised show a fuse. This one has no previsions for a fuse. Also the front terminals do not fit the front cover.
Also, I thought that the "New Version" fixed the problem of the rear battery not having a flat plate to compress the battery against. So the rear batteries get pinched at the edges instead of having a flat surface to compress against. Again "Not Good"
So, EEL will have to make these things right. I'll let you all know if they do. Till then, Be Warned!
I am not ready to give an outright bad review yet. I just received the kit and it has issues. Question now is how do they handle their customers. Will they make it right?
<Edit from the future> The TL;DR is, They did not.
Issues:
The box arrived to Florida from Canada. I ordered the "Ships from USA", Hmm... Close enough I suppose but still not accurate advertising.
It came incomplete as the BMS IS shipping from China. The "Ships from USA" was a kit that was supposed to include the BMS. So I have no BMS.
It came missing parts. No fuse, Missing the EVA tape, Missing a bus bar, missing the front terminal covers. "Not Good".
It is not the same version shown on the advertisement. It was advertised as "New version" but does not look like the V2 or V3 shown in the manual. I think I have a scuffed prototype reject here. All the ones advertised show a fuse. This one has no previsions for a fuse. Also the front terminals do not fit the front cover.
Also, I thought that the "New Version" fixed the problem of the rear battery not having a flat plate to compress the battery against. So the rear batteries get pinched at the edges instead of having a flat surface to compress against. Again "Not Good"
So, EEL will have to make these things right. I'll let you all know if they do. Till then, Be Warned!
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