rykelo
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Hi Everyone,
I bought a "160ah" Lithium battery that has been underwhelming in terms of performance, and I'm wondering all of your thoughts on how I should proceed.
Throughout the summer, the battery was just able to make it through the night, but it couldn't handle the load put on it by my trailer (running a refrigerator and LED lights) for more than one consecutive cloudy day.
Even after several days straight of sun, the battery would never hold more than 80% charge (by 3pm), and it always dropped to 60% going into the night (by 8pm same day).
Now that the battery is disconnected from all loads for the season, I thought I'd see how it's holding charge, and I was able to get it to 80% charging in utility mode. I disconnected utility power and left the Growatt inverter powered on, and the charge dropped to 50% by the next day.
I think by battery is a dud. Does anyone have ideas on where to buy a replacement? I've heard on Ali Express you can get 100ah for $300, though I haven't found anything like that in my searches. Nor would I know how to properly configure the battery to work with my 24v Growatt.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Ryan
I bought a "160ah" Lithium battery that has been underwhelming in terms of performance, and I'm wondering all of your thoughts on how I should proceed.
Throughout the summer, the battery was just able to make it through the night, but it couldn't handle the load put on it by my trailer (running a refrigerator and LED lights) for more than one consecutive cloudy day.
Even after several days straight of sun, the battery would never hold more than 80% charge (by 3pm), and it always dropped to 60% going into the night (by 8pm same day).
Now that the battery is disconnected from all loads for the season, I thought I'd see how it's holding charge, and I was able to get it to 80% charging in utility mode. I disconnected utility power and left the Growatt inverter powered on, and the charge dropped to 50% by the next day.
I think by battery is a dud. Does anyone have ideas on where to buy a replacement? I've heard on Ali Express you can get 100ah for $300, though I haven't found anything like that in my searches. Nor would I know how to properly configure the battery to work with my 24v Growatt.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Ryan