LIFEPO4 Battery discussion thread

denmendez65 said:
Self consumption is around 65 watts. Considering the sun is out between 8 and 4 that’s bad. 16 hours is about 1kWh of self drain. So only 3kWh really usable since it turns off at 20%
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What consumption is your 3kW?

Why does it turn off at 20%?
 
denmendez65 said:
Not sure what the 3.6kW is. Can’t measure it. Should have done it when I had the grid still.

Default settings. Turns off at 20.
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Probably similar. So everyone is wasting 1kWh of battery overnight. This should be factored into the calculations when speccing size.

Can you not change default settings? How low can you go?
 
Yeah definitely.

Settings can be changed. Just haven’t seen the need yet.

If no oven uses the battery typically sits around 50. And can still set the 3.6 to hand over later or take over earlier in the morning if the need arises since its batteries are doing mostly nothing.

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denmendez65 said:
Yeah definitely.

Settings can be changed. Just haven’t seen the need yet.

If no oven uses the battery typically sits around 50. And can still set the 3.6 to hand over later or take over earlier in the morning if the need arises since its batteries are doing mostly nothing.

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How is the omnivolt doing? I didn't see that you ended up buying it but saw you installed it in your my solar journey thread.
 
cavedog said:
How is the omnivolt doing? I didn't see that you ended up buying it but saw you installed it in your my solar journey thread.
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No complaints my side. It looks well built and there is a decent amount of infor for it. It’s a rebranded SRNE inverter. Even the manuals look somewhat identical.

There is a thread on Powerforum that discusses it and the issues and fixes. Mostly related to setup. The one that stood out was an error related to the PV. The fix was a battery type setting.

Mine was setup correctly from their factory. I had all the settings already preconfigured correctly.

The only complaint if I can call it that is that the smaller fan in it comes on a bit too often compared to the Axpert clone I have. But it’s not an issue as you ca barely hear it. It’s like 10 times quieter than the Axpert.

For the price definitely worth it.
 
denmendez65 said:
No complaints my side. It looks well built and there is a decent amount of infor for it. It’s a rebranded SRNE inverter. Even the manuals look somewhat identical.

There is a thread on Powerforum that discusses it and the issues and fixes. Mostly related to setup. The one that stood out was an error related to the PV. The fix was a battery type setting.

Mine was setup correctly from their factory. I had all the settings already preconfigured correctly.

The only complaint if I can call it that is that the smaller fan in it comes on a bit too often compared to the Axpert clone I have. But it’s not an issue as you ca barely hear it. It’s like 10 times quieter than the Axpert.

For the price definitely worth it.
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For the price, the inverter was basically free so yes definitely worth it.
 
Quick one. LFP battery 5.12kW 1 year and 6m old with 350 cycle count for R7000. Good deal?
 
So hard to find a decent and affordable busbar. Any suggestions?

I was looking at this so far

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cavedog said:
So hard to find a decent and affordable busbar. Any suggestions?

I was looking at this so far

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Get the Victron ones from Bluesolar. They are in Centurion/Pretoria. I actually bought 2 on Monday to replace the ones I have as they come with a cover etc.
 
DTBA said:
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Allbro 2x10-Hole Battery Busbar Box M8 600A

Allbro 2x10-Hole Battery Busbar Box M8 600A
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Looking for a better price but using this one

Seems like its the best price around. I paid like R800
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denmendez65 said:
Bluestore. Not blue solar. I must say it is way more expensive than @DTBA one. I just liked the Victron ones.
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Yeah I saw that one and it's not badly priced for the amps it can handle. Perfect for me.

Now you mount it, so the busbars are vertically and then the cables come in on the sides, right?
 
denmendez65 said:
Get the Victron ones from Bluesolar. They are in Centurion/Pretoria. I actually bought 2 on Monday to replace the ones I have as they come with a cover etc.
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The lynx?
bluestore.co.za

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I like that you can fuse the inputs.
 
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