First of all, I'm new to this. I'm posting in the the beginners area hoping not to be overrun with messages about how dumb I am.
I watched dozens of Will's videos and thought I knew enough. I put up the solar panels and bought a very expensive brand new 32 cell 48v lifepo4 battery and a good solar charger.
The cells came certified fully balanced and since they were brand new all I did was check the voltage and they were all the same. Also I thought if everything is new and balanced you don't need a bms. So hooked up the charger and everything looked good.
I left it for a while and came back an hour later to find one cell with HUGE bulges on both sides and was so hot I couldn't touch it. My kids were home so thank God it didn't explode.
Obviously I shut everything down and took it outside with a pair of gloves. Now the other cells are reading different voltages too.
I'm devastated. I don't know what to do, how to fix this, or even what I did wrong and I think i ruined my $4000 battery.
I don't know what happened or what to do now. Any help would be sooo appreciated.
I watched dozens of Will's videos and thought I knew enough. I put up the solar panels and bought a very expensive brand new 32 cell 48v lifepo4 battery and a good solar charger.
The cells came certified fully balanced and since they were brand new all I did was check the voltage and they were all the same. Also I thought if everything is new and balanced you don't need a bms. So hooked up the charger and everything looked good.
I left it for a while and came back an hour later to find one cell with HUGE bulges on both sides and was so hot I couldn't touch it. My kids were home so thank God it didn't explode.
Obviously I shut everything down and took it outside with a pair of gloves. Now the other cells are reading different voltages too.
I'm devastated. I don't know what to do, how to fix this, or even what I did wrong and I think i ruined my $4000 battery.
I don't know what happened or what to do now. Any help would be sooo appreciated.
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