Hello from Michigan

[mbhillrn]

Hello, new here. In Michigan and looking to get into a new hobby, and save on my electricity bill. My plan is to start with batteries and a hybrid inverter, and eventually add solar panels. I have some family members who said they can give me some panels, but I don’t know much about them yet.

I ended up spending a lot of time searching (but not really researching ), and I purchased 32x LiFePO4 cells and two DIY boxes. After that, I found a post here about the Alibaba seller I bought from, and now I’m wondering if I got scammed. I guess I’ll find out in a couple of months!

Anyway, nice to meet you all! Looking forward to learning more and getting advice along the way. I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me soon.

 

[BentleyJ]

Welcome to the Forum, hope you find your DIY solar projects fun and satisfying. Let us know if we can help.

 

[Brucey]

Welcome aboard. Do you have the item listing?

 

[Adam De Lay]

Hafe fun!

 

[mbhillrn]

Welcome aboard. Do you have the item listing?

Sure, the batteries were this link.
The boxes were this link.

I did speak with them over the messenger for a week or two before actually making the order. She said they were the 314ah Eve cells, and the bms is the JK-16S200A one. total with shipping/fees was $3145. She seemed pretty nice/knowledgeable, but with me being a beginner at this, I guess I wouldn't know either, lol.

 

[VH McCray]

Happy to see there's someone else close to the same latitude and maybe the same experience level as myself. I've dealt with a lot of electricity, but not much with solar setups. I'm hoping to run an out building completely on solar. So I'm just getting into the sun angle/ peak sun and possible over paneling thing. Good luck! Look forward to hearing about your journey!

 

[DR. GONZO]

Welcome to the games! happy hunting!!