jaycocreek wrote:
Will Prowse explains somethings very good and others not so much...For someone completely new to lifepo4 he is about the only one trying to explain things...
Battleborn capacity test with heat gun
Confirms that Li available capacity = nominal capacity, more-less.
Offbrand Ruixu - or, let's say, Chinese brand - in this video came up with a slightly higher available capacity per same nominal 100AH.
He is talking how Ruixu will die if you freeze it, but the difference in minimum charging temp btw Ruixu and Battleborn is minor, 25F Battleborn and 32F Ruixu. Minimum temps for discharging and storage are the same 4F for both.
Since the time of this video Battleborn price dropped a little but Chinese brands dropped a lot, you can get 100AH now for less than $600 - this is from established US resellers, not China-direct. They will eventually kill US Li brands same as they killed US and European solar panels. Though I believe Battleborn are only assembled in the US.
