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recommendation for chinese lithium battery supplier please

 
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Hello, off grid for 30 years. Environmental laws prevent me from buying used lead acid as I have for this whole time. I am also tired of lead acids.

I am planning to buy some Lithium Batteries from China, off Alibaba.

Can someone recommend a supplier please.

I really just want to hear from people who have successfully done it and are happy with their batteries.

Thanks george
 
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curious to see what folks say... we 'almost' did that, but back off in favor of some dirt-cheap AGMs we got a line on.  Hard to bite that lithium bullet :/  Make sure they're the right kind of lithium, too!
 
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You may want to be a bit more specific, what size, chemistry, and application do you have in mind?

I have a set of 8 Sinopoly 400AH LiFePO4 cells, but have only had them 3 months; much too early to say that I'm happy.

Getting satisfactory connections has been a bit problematic. The bus bars as included were of a length that only worked for half the connections; the cells are 'packaged' in pairs with metal strapping, and bus bars only fit the strapped pairs, not between the pairs.

I made my own bars for the other connections. So far things are working fine after retorquing twice, but as I am still waiting on my inverters there has never been a heavy load to tax the connections.

Documentation was very sparse. Warching voltages approaching full charge, a couple cells are obviously the weakest link.

I bought through a localish reseller, so can't comment on the direct purchase experience.
 
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What size d you want?
I installed a POMCube NetZero storrage system late last year. and the lithium battery they use on it seems working great.
Here is the link:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/POMCube-LFP-Lithium-Ion-Phosphate-Battery-48V50Ah-48V90Ah-for-Home-Energy-Storage/33042057466.html
 
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Dillon Nichols wrote:You may want to be a bit more specific, what size, chemistry, and application do you have in mind?

I have a set of 8 Sinopoly 400AH LiFePO4 cells, but have only had them 3 months; much too early to say that I'm happy.

Getting satisfactory connections has been a bit problematic. The bus bars as included were of a length that only worked for half the connections; the cells are 'packaged' in pairs with metal strapping, and bus bars only fit the strapped pairs, not between the pairs.

I made my own bars for the other connections. So far things are working fine after retorquing twice, but as I am still waiting on my inverters there has never been a heavy load to tax the connections.

Documentation was very sparse. Warching voltages approaching full charge, a couple cells are obviously the weakest link.

I bought through a localish reseller, so can't comment on the direct purchase experience.



Evtv/Ev motor verks store has a locking fastener system to combat that exact issue.

http://store.evtv.me/

Not sure if they sell just the washers. NordLock.
http://store.evtv.me/proddetail.php?prod=braindedstrap76mm


 
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i know some chinese LFP battery suppliers and factory
 
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I would not buy such a product from overseas, backup warranty issues would be hopeless to sort out.
 
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