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I am beyond happy with my two 400AH units. No one else is currently producing such a solid LifePO4 at this price point... and by utilizing an Amazon Prime credit card, financing is free for 18 months. The closest competitor is offering but bare cells. I do think that ShunBin should be...

Take it from someone who likewise changed gears but a few years ago... it is indeed, never too late. I am 63, and after retiring from a career in law enforcement, I was sitting around getting bored... and so I went back to school and became an RN. I love the work! I wish now that I...

I have only had positive experiences with Ancor Marine 4 AWG to 4/0 AWG tinned cable. Even the off-brands struggle with matching their prices, while falling far short in matching their quality. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NI3BOQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1

Steve, I share your distaste for being extorted into deleting a review of these batteries that alerted others to ShunBin's fraudulent advertising. Unfortunately, I was outside of Amazon's refund window when we became aware of the 174Ah batteries being used. Even still, I requested a full...

Gorgeous homestead! You bring back great memories... I spent three summers, '90-'92 chartering 6-pac fishing between Seward and Valdez. I'd still be there, but my conscience got to me. The family was having to suffer through nine months of winter, so that I could enjoy the three months...

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I hope that you received your shipment soon, Steve... I can empathize with you, I was on pins and needles waiting for these beauties to arrive! ;-)

The portable/intermittent-use nature of your system is the very reason that I did not also list city/county permitting in my comment above... as many areas would not require prior permitting for such a system, but the gaining of the approval from your utility provider lends to the very intent...

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No word whatsoever. I emailed and phoned Battery Hookup multiple times, with no response. The first notification that I had was from the trucking firm yesterday. The manifest shows that they have only had it since the 13th.

I chose to purchase two of their 12v 400AH batteries that I am using in series for my 24v system. They were delivered on Oct 21st. This gave me the flexibility of utilizing the batteries in a mobile 12v arrangement down the road, should the fertilizer ever hit the fan, and these smaller 80 lb...

Cheesy, the solar tax credit law has changed significantly over the years, leading to a lot of confusion regarding if, and when, your solar purchase is eligible for the tax credit. I can indeed take a credit for my system this year. The original Investment Tax Credit (ITC) required that your...

Thanks for showing the innards of these critters @Kellyboy ! I just received two of the 400 ah units, and was about to pop the top and check out its inner workings.

You are too good... thanks so much!

Might I ask for a huge favor??? Due to parasitic power draw from our inverters at idle having such a major impact upon those of us with smaller solar systems, it is imperative that we seek out a reliable inverter that plays nicely with our battery bank. Because of this, I chose to...

I have two of the 4215 for my system. The fast blinking green light indicates a battery voltage in excess of your Overvoltage Disconnect ceiling. This threshold can be set to between 9v and 17v in the User Defined field. Check what it is currently set at on your charger, and check your...

Thanks for re-enforcing my decision, Steve! I was feeling a bit guilty about once again taking things to the extreme... sizing my bat/inv/chg connections with 4/0, and my panels to chgr run with 4 AWG when using 10 for my panel run would have seen a 1.5v drop. 200' of tinned Ancor Marine 4...

Thanks so much...

Two additional Inverter Generators that I can recommend are Yamaha's iPower 1600w and Firman 2900w, $450 and $640 respectively at Costco......

Eddie, to stretch those battery dollars I opted for two of these 400 Ah units... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SQ7BJ5X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 But you could get their 200 Ah model for $200 less than the B/B's 100 Ah, or the 100 Ah unit for half of it's cost.

No argument there... they are still cheap enough to order three myself. ...And thanks for the discount code, @Will Prowse ! What do you suggest for BMS for these? This will bump me to just over 23 kWh... I should be good to go for a while.

I am opting for both... compression, and the flexible connectors on my 32 LF280K cells. 1/32" poly insulating panels are sandwiched between each. I'm assembling the second tier of cells today. (Misguided energy policies here in the Great State of Confusion have us experiencing black-outs on...

If I had known that there was a local source for these batteries, I would have been all over it. They were just delivered... after being shipped but four days ago from BigBattery.com, Chatsworth, CA. (Ordered 5 weeks ago from Battery Hookup) ....what's wrong with this picture???

The shipping label should shed some light on when they left the vendor... who knows, maybe they have just been sitting at the hub in Sacramento for a month?

Ahhh... great minds think alike, my friend!

I've found these to be great from Amazon... I've used the six-hole Tinned Copper busbars, but this ad is for the 4-hole https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TUNHXSK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2LFR0N15G864V&psc=1 Shipping to Toronto is $5.50 US

My thoughts, exactly. And I figured even a bit more conservative, to try and baby these cells into a long and happy life. I doubled the needed bank capacity in order to keep them within a 30-80% operating window. But even treating them with kid gloves, I realize that nothing is guaranteed in...

...And that is why I instead opted to purchase the two 12v / 400AH units for the same price. 156lbs makes for a might unwieldy beast! This also provides the option of use in 12v or 24v .

Wow... that is certainly much cheaper than the miniature circuit breakers that I chose to utilize. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07351F2J1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1