Is the Verbay BMS any good?
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Is this it?
Unfortunately I use 48v and have no experience with it.
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Unfortunately I use 48v and have no experience with it.
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Personally, I wouldn't trust that the BMS actually meets the 200A rating, especially for that price.
Personally, I wouldn't trust that the BMS actually meets the 200A rating, especially for that price.
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https://www.amazon.com/VERBAY-Lifepo4-Battery-Inverter-Balance/dp/B08K8FQKC9
Here are the specs
The specs look reasonable but:
1) There is no interface that allows you to monitor things. In particular, if it hits an error, it does not tell you what the error is. (This is an inconvenience, but not a showstopper.
2) It looks like you have to solder the main wires on the flat of the PC board..... That seems pretty bad. Getting a good connection could be difficult.
3) I agree with Snoobler that trusting it to run continuous at 200A may not be advisable. Having said that, if you believe the spec for the internal resistance, it will only be burning .015ohms x 200A = 3Watts. 3 Watts is not much and the main thing to damage the power circuit is heat.
The big plus is the price. Assuming it works, it would be a very low cost way to build a system.
Here are the specs
The specs look reasonable but:
1) There is no interface that allows you to monitor things. In particular, if it hits an error, it does not tell you what the error is. (This is an inconvenience, but not a showstopper.
2) It looks like you have to solder the main wires on the flat of the PC board..... That seems pretty bad. Getting a good connection could be difficult.
3) I agree with Snoobler that trusting it to run continuous at 200A may not be advisable. Having said that, if you believe the spec for the internal resistance, it will only be burning .015ohms x 200A = 3Watts. 3 Watts is not much and the main thing to damage the power circuit is heat.
The big plus is the price. Assuming it works, it would be a very low cost way to build a system.
