Chinese lifepo4 reviews

mahendra
mahendra Solar Expert Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
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What are good lifepo4 from China that are of good quality.i noticed everything and some solar estore carry a wide range.such as calb,bright star,fortune,fbcand gbs

Also what are your thoughts on Voltronix US based lithium company.
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  • Raj174
    Raj174 Solar Expert Posts: 795 ✭✭✭✭
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    @mahendra

    All of the cells you have mentioned are sold in the US, and seem to be good quality. There are 2 forum members that use Fortune cells and have not reported any unexpected characteristics. We have one forum member using Winston/Thundersky
    cells for 4+ years and and they are doing well. One forum member using CALB cells. Synopoly, another good brand, CALB and Winston have been around for over 8 years. They along with GBS and FCB are all plastic encased prismatic cells. Fortune and Bright Star are newer companies and their cells are in thin aluminum cases and are sold with plastic frames that maintain an air space between all the cells. The link below is a US source for most of these brands.

     http://www.electriccarpartscompany.com/Batteries-Lithium

    Rick   
    4480W PV, MNE175DR-TR, MN Classic 150, Outback Radian GS4048A, Mate3, 51.2V 360AH nominal LiFePO4, Kohler Pro 5.2E genset.
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  • karrak
    karrak Solar Expert Posts: 326 ✭✭✭✭
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    Excellent summary @Raj174

    Voltronix batteries are Winston batteries rebranded. They are the same batteries that I use.

    Simon
    Off-Grid with LFP (LiFePO4) battery, battery Installed April 2013
    32x90Ah Winston cells 2p16s (48V), MPP Solar PIP5048MS 5kW Inverter/80A MPPT controller/60A charger, 1900W of Solar Panels
    modified BMS based on TI bq769x0 cell monitors.
    Homemade overall system monitoring and power management  https://github.com/simat/BatteryMonitor
     

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