Hello,
Last year I built a small off grid system in my garage which works well but not large enough. I have been away from solar and this forum for about a year and have a question that I have not seen discussed. I purchased 8 Eve LF280 cells from Jenny Wu in October 2021. Purchase went well and I built my 8s battery which has been performing like it is supposed to. I am thinking I would like to double the size of my battery, but it is looking like I may not be able to easily find grade A Eve 280 cells here in the US. Aside from the dimensional differences and the threaded blocks on the top of the 280K cells, is there an operational reason why I should not add 8 LF280K cells to my current battery? I am currently using a Daly 200 amp BMS. My idea would be to build a 8s2p battery by pairing up the current 8 cells and then pairing up the new LF280K cells together but I don't know if they would charge the same. I also see the cost has gone up quite a bit and there appears to have been some bad experiences with Docan recently. I plan to add more panels which I already have so making the power is not the problem, but storing it is, though.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. I am a beginner at this and my goal is to run my garage off grid. This is just a hobby project, I am not depending on it for survival. Please do not get too technical or it may go over my head, as I am not nearly as smart as the other members on this forum.
Thank you in advance!
Last year I built a small off grid system in my garage which works well but not large enough. I have been away from solar and this forum for about a year and have a question that I have not seen discussed. I purchased 8 Eve LF280 cells from Jenny Wu in October 2021. Purchase went well and I built my 8s battery which has been performing like it is supposed to. I am thinking I would like to double the size of my battery, but it is looking like I may not be able to easily find grade A Eve 280 cells here in the US. Aside from the dimensional differences and the threaded blocks on the top of the 280K cells, is there an operational reason why I should not add 8 LF280K cells to my current battery? I am currently using a Daly 200 amp BMS. My idea would be to build a 8s2p battery by pairing up the current 8 cells and then pairing up the new LF280K cells together but I don't know if they would charge the same. I also see the cost has gone up quite a bit and there appears to have been some bad experiences with Docan recently. I plan to add more panels which I already have so making the power is not the problem, but storing it is, though.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. I am a beginner at this and my goal is to run my garage off grid. This is just a hobby project, I am not depending on it for survival. Please do not get too technical or it may go over my head, as I am not nearly as smart as the other members on this forum.
Thank you in advance!