Boondock Saint
Solar Enthusiast
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- Apr 8, 2021
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On Monday I flagged down the Fed-Ex truck asking if he had my long awaited 9 boxes from China. I didn't open the boxes till this morning to have a peek.
To my surprise they are all in pristine condition with no damages of any kind, no nicks, no scratches, no bruises.
One box had 2 of the cells along with the scrappy handful of HW in bags that smell like oil and manufacturing. I might just throw them away.
Two of the boxes then only had 3 cells and was filled with styro. One of the box looks damaged but it isn't; just the styro filler wasn't as strong there.
There are tiny little stickers on the cells indicating a voltage and I didn't bother to record all of them. I did check one with a meter and it reads a solid 3.29.
The cells are full thickness on the top and outer edges and slightly less plump on both full sides. In one pic you can see the curve of the cell towards the top edge.
I'm going to bind/compress these w some board and ratcheting strap and tie all the - and the + terminals together with bare wire.
Once the PSU arrives I'll start parallel balancing with lot's of intermittent charges and rest periods along the way on my road trip.
As I'm typing this up, the UPS guy delivers my order for 14' of the 1/4 x 1" tinned copper busbar. So I'll be doing that project soon too.
To my surprise they are all in pristine condition with no damages of any kind, no nicks, no scratches, no bruises.
One box had 2 of the cells along with the scrappy handful of HW in bags that smell like oil and manufacturing. I might just throw them away.
Two of the boxes then only had 3 cells and was filled with styro. One of the box looks damaged but it isn't; just the styro filler wasn't as strong there.
There are tiny little stickers on the cells indicating a voltage and I didn't bother to record all of them. I did check one with a meter and it reads a solid 3.29.
The cells are full thickness on the top and outer edges and slightly less plump on both full sides. In one pic you can see the curve of the cell towards the top edge.
I'm going to bind/compress these w some board and ratcheting strap and tie all the - and the + terminals together with bare wire.
Once the PSU arrives I'll start parallel balancing with lot's of intermittent charges and rest periods along the way on my road trip.
As I'm typing this up, the UPS guy delivers my order for 14' of the 1/4 x 1" tinned copper busbar. So I'll be doing that project soon too.
