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Bigfoo171

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So I’m trying to figure out how many kilowatt my batteries are I got I have 10 batteries 230 A each five strings for a total of 1150amp 575 usable amps battery voltage of 12v How do I calculate how many kilowatt my battery can hold if I’m saying this right
 

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12.6 volts * 230 amp hours * 10 = 28.98 kwh total capacity
28.98 kwh * .5 depth of discharge = 14.49 kwh usable capacity.
 
I think it should be 12.6V * 230Ah * 5 strings = 14.49 KWh total capacity, since he has 5 strings of batteries.
 
I see FLA in an insulated box, probably has a lid to go with it.

Some of the battery cables have exposed stranded conductor. Clean up and seal with heatshrink having hot-melt glue inside. If ring-terminals don't have close-toed shoes, goop those up with silicone or similar.

Shunt has some PCB attached. Might be best relocated outside the corrosive atmosphere.

I used to stretch my car batteries out to their last breath. Now, if I see the oozing anything I replace with AGM, to avoid having to replace cables.
 
OP has ten 6V 230Ah batteries.
So each battery has the power capacity of 6V (or 6.3V?) *230Ah = 1380Wh (or 1.38KWh) or 1449Wh (or 1.449KWh) @6.3V
So 10 batteries = 1.38KWh *10 = 13.8KWh (or 14.49KWh @ 6.3V), so I do not undertand where 28.98KWh total capacity comes from.
Derate that to 50% DoD for actual usable power..
 
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