Recent content by Dave911

Thanks for the long explanation. Context is everything. I was't aware of a bent terminal issue. Sounds like things were quite different when you bought your cells. How long have you had the Winstons? Im skeptical of buying cells directly from China as well. There are some suppliers in the...

Yeah, I see your point. But why did you pay 2x for your batteries? Thats my point. Do you expect the Winston's to last twice as long as Eve cells. That seems very unlikely.

Looks to me that 4 gauge would easily fit. On the other side of the terminal blocks, are those terminals crimped and soldered?

You skipped over my point: "For the price that Winston charges you should get more than a two year warranty." You cant get a refund after two years because thats the length of the warranty.

But their warranty is not great. I think its two years? I have purchased a number of Redodo 12 volt, 100ah batteries and they have a 5 year warranty. For the price Winston charges they should have a much better warranty.

OK, so how does the "slow boat" work? I'm guessing they go into a container that heads to the lower 48, maybe Long Beach. The container is broken down and then shipped to their final destination be Fedex or UPS? I think it takes about 14 days for a freighter to cross the Pacific.

Whats "way cheaper" ?

Thats what descendents are for... Keep building until you fall over....they drag your useless corpse out of the way and "they" takeover and continue! Its the circle of life... I mean "projects". Yeah, like projects that take on a life of their own. 😄

So your saying they will just keep circumventing? I wonder about inverters and Lifepo4 batteries. They mention Lion batteries used in cars. I did not know that.

Since you brought it up price again Goose, what will the tariff impacts be on solar inverters? It sure sounds like solar panel prices will take a hit. What happens if Chinese made inverters get a 25% tariff. Is it a coincidence that Midnite has no price, and tariffs are announced? 🙄

To avoid you extra stress, I volunteer to take receipt of your excess inverters. 😄

Im getting over 100ah out of two of my Moseworths, 97-98 out of two others. They definitely have a BMS as I have tripped them on under voltage. Maybe the Kepworth/Moseworths are not well made. All I know is that I have one 100ah that has been cycled daily since October. So for me they have...

My point is that you cant plan out 20+ years with any kind of certainty. A couple years ago I had to make a decision regarding an eye surgery. The retinal eye surgery was invasive and risky. As part of my decision making, I asked my doctor if this surgery would allow my eye to function for...

You know that 3-4k cycles is another 8-10 years. Thats quite a long time. Not sure how old you are, but when I reroof in 18 years, I wont care if the shingles have a 30 or 50 year warranty. It simply wont matter. Regarding payback; If I didnt think I could get full payback in less than 5...

You bought a flail mower from China? Thats heavy! Did it show up at a Toronto port? How did that go?