It's got such a trash balancer because today with this high uv and this heatwave in PTA I'm sitting at high voltage constantly for a while but it's not really balancing and it did like 180 cycles already.
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It's got such a trash balancer because today with this high uv and this heatwave in PTA I'm sitting at high voltage constantly for a while but it's not really balancing and it did like 180 cycles already.
wingnut771
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Some balancers only balance when charging. Try charging battery as slow as possible.
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yea its bloody useless not touching them again, Will check what bms it has inside when I open it up. Main thing is it just could have kak setting. Like only balancing above 3.6v something stupid like that
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Can vouch for that. Worked for me. Was sitting at 5A charging for like 1 month. And then upped it to 10A. Now I got my brother to adjust it to 30A after the cells got balanced.
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Main problem is if you have to get the batteries full when the sun shines
wingnut771
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Do it with the grid when its raining or take the whole day with the sun instead of being done by 10am.
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I wouldn’t be focused on trying to save grid use. Focus on getting the battery right.
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Must sent me this tool
The tool install and looks correct but for some reason I cannot get it to work with my 232 to USB, I might just be noob
I asked them on whatsapp support for the 1600SE pc software and they gave pace software to I hope they are also not sending me down a rabbit hole
Must sent me this tool
pdf for the battery as well\
The tool install and looks correct but for some reason I cannot get it to work with my 232 to USB, I might just be noob
I asked them on whatsapp support for the 1600SE pc software and they gave pace software to I hope they are also not sending me down a rabbit hole
I couldn't get pace bms tools to connect on my usb to 232 cable. That is why I was doubting it's a pace bms but it looks very similar to a pacebms
I'm still considering getting this active balancer that I want to install in my battery 3 that has a weak cell. It's going to need active balancing because of the weak cell 6 but if I get it I can just clip the wires on the new Ecco battery and charge it with my bench charger and let it balance through the night. Remove it and install it permanently on my battery 3.
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wingnut771
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afaik, those boards have solder point to add an on/off switch which you would want because they balance all the time and you don't want it doing that below 3.45V when the battery is discharging as all that does is create imbalance so you add the switch and turn it on manually once in a while to top balance.I'm still considering getting this active balancer that I want to install in my battery 3 that has a weak cell. It's going to need active balancing because of the weak cell 6 but if I get it I can just clip the wires on the new Ecco battery and charge it with my bench charger and let it balance through the night. Remove it and install it permanently on my battery 3.
5.5A Current Active Balancer 16S Equalizer Lithium Ion Lifepo4 LTO Lithium Battery Active Equalizer | bobshop.co.za
Buy 5.5A Current Active Balancer 16S Equalizer Lithium Ion Lifepo4 LTO Lithium Battery Active Equalizer for R1,048.00www.bobshop.co.za
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wingnut771
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Did you see the one where it drained the battery he had in storage even though the balancer was switched off?
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Stokstert
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wingnut771
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Stokstert
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No idea, this was an ad from the guys I bought an extra Deye 5,32 kWh battery from.
wingnut771
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Yeah, looks like this will only be useful for people with pylontech batteries.
15 x 3.2V = 48V
16 x 3.2V = 51.2V
