LiFePO4 battery build
I got my new cells in today and I am going to start putting them together after I sort out whether I am getting a new cell or not, as one has some slight damage. It is probably fine to use but betwee...
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time2roll wrote:
Cells look fine. JBD is great. Enjoy the new found freedom with lithium.
I recommend an active balancer over doing an initial parallel top balance.
I have 16 similar grade B cells and they work perfectly. Although I would have preferred your terminals if they were available at the time.
The store shipped a new cell to replace that damaged one. I have had a 280AH setup in the camper for almost two years now, so not new found freedom, just the start of converting the 5th wheel to LFP also. and the terminals are the major reason I went with these ones, plus a US supplier so more reliability.
I am probably going to initially balance them manually when I do my first could capacity tests, but I am also thinking of getting a different brand BMS, JBD is good, but JK is killing it with some of their new one. They have a 200amp 4S with 2amp active balancing. The best thing is it is 4 to 8S so if I wanted to add another 4 cells later I could. here is a link to it (not where I will buy it from just the first link to come up JK BMS
Steve
