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With all respect to those who have far more experience than I, I am not a fan of "tight clamping". My understanding is that cells expand when being charged. This is a physical manifestation of a chemical event. This expansion "could" be contained if the entire cell casing was constructed like...

Greetings all, I've read this thread and the long one regarding Signature Solar vs Sol-Ark. Fascinating and very interesting. I respectfully suggest that a higher level of cynicism is in order. I've been involved with jets and cars and other things my entire adult life. Most owners don't...

Hi MV, Well, you at the right place. There are a lot of very experienced, very smart people on here. And its FREE. ;-) The price you pay though is that you have to be very involved, and you have to be able to wade thru a lot of contradictory suggestions. But after a while you can pretty...

Buy from Amy Wan (search for her Allibaba/Aliexpress company here on DIY) You can trust her 100% for quality, honesty, and shipping. She is not the cheapest, just the best.

Just a few comments from the stands. It’s hard running a business. Smart, honest, diligent staff are hard to find and keep. Most businesses that sell physical products are really only middlemen. They buy items made in China and sell them at a large markup. These businesses can be successful...

There is never such a time..... ;-)

Hi Hagern, So you have a theory the batteries are bad? That's a good start. Here are a few points to think about: Having lead acid batteries when you sail around the world will make it a lot easier to find replacements - like big truck batteries - when you are in some remote place. The chance...

You get a lot more help from people on here (and in life) if you're calm and polite. No, I missed reading about your photo/refresh rate issue. My bad. The next poster is suggesting you do exactly what I asked you if you could do. But which you did not even answer. We have all had "i'm going...

People, please understand Xuba does not make a large mark up on the cells they sell. Their primary business is supplying large quantities of cells and battery to large buyers who arrange their own shipping. Normally by ocean freight to their own warehouse. In these cases Xuba sells FOB, ie...

Competition is a wonderful thing. It is the only thing which makes goods cheaper for end users. Suppliers hate competition, regardless of what they say. They will do anything to avoid competition - encourage regulation, give their wholesalers and distributors sweetheart deals, try to make...

Roger that. What I want to create are off grid systems. With no live connection to the grid. Or maybe with a large manual switch to select Grid only or Grid off. Zero live interconnection between my own power sources and the grid. I got the TriPowers from an auction I wasn't even supposed to...

Might take a little patience, but ships and airlines could be begging for cargo in the not too distant future

Thanks John, this is super helpful - you buying these and taking them apart and testing them. I was just looking for a power supply exactly like these and pretty overwhelmed by the choices. In the end, without someone doing what you did, it's just a gamble. Much appreciate you doing what you...

Just an outsider’s observation. I doubt it’s possible to get all 3 of these features at once: fast, low price, high level of support - (quick, cheap, easy) 2 out of 3 is doing well, one out of 3 is normal.

Hi Abby, I don't think you are expecting too much to want to get within 20% of the watts the seller claimed you could get from them by advertising them as 100W panels, on sunny days. If being in a latitude like Seattle resulted in only 40% power there would be a lot of people in northern Europe...

I suggest you try to find a friend or business with a warehouse and loading facilities or a large enough place with easy large truck access. You had the batteries delivered to your place, DDP. Have the panels delivered to this warehouse or large place, DDP. Then deal with getting them from...

Hi Hagern, That is an awesome big ship. You have a lot of space for panels and other equipment, and no problem carrying heavy batteries. This is all good. I'm no expert at solar/PV at all, but it sounds like your batteries are not getting fully charged. Its possible I guess that they need to...

In my experience ordering many items (not batteries) from Alibaba and Aliexpress, Alibaba sellers are often not set up to arrange the cheapest shipping. But they do care and they do want you to get their products. Mostly Alibaba serves businesses - so if you were ordering a container full of...

Thanks ghostwriter. This is great info. My best guess is you will be fine too. They'd be insane to do anything but their best for a large customer. For a long time I thought I was the most cynical person on the planet, but after reading some posts on another thread, I'm no longer so sure...

Fascinating thread. Thank you all for posting. It's clear - at least to me - that unless one is very tech savvy as you posters are - these Daly products would be a total waste of money. Why buy a product if you have to analyze it in such depth just to get it to work? Sure it might be cheap...

If you live near Outback maybe you can visit them and talk them into a deal especially if you promote them if their stuff works well ;-)

Is there a reason you can't have your guys buy a few of these cells at the "local price" and have them shipped to you? Or even buy a lot of them?

Buy from Amy at Luyuan. 100% honest and reliable.

I'm sad and sorry to hear about your cats. Be careful wherever you live. In some places you don't just get death threats, you get killed if you make waves or piss off people. Low profile is not unwise. Its good to have an innocuous cover story. Take care.

I recommend Amy Wan - Shenzhen Luyuan Tech. May not be the cheapest but is the best. Honest and dependable.

The door can easily be wired to 600VDC which takes care of security, at the price of being a tad risky. Just kidding ;-)

Hi Havoc, Congratulations on your recovery from getting sick, and for taking full control of your life - that's a far bigger task than setting up solar! If you have some land/space I've got a few ideas for panels and other equipment you can buy quite inexpensively, and even make a good...