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  1. BradCagle

    Real 320Ah LiFePO4 Prismatic Cells

    From REPT they call the new process to achieve this capacity Wending. They sent me some for testing, here's the result: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rept-battero-and-powin-team-up-with-320ah-wending-energy-battery-for-8-4gwh-indonesian-cell-procurement-project-301926331.html Also...
  2. BradCagle

    WARNING JBD password false sense of security PSA

    Just wanted to give you guys a heads up. If you have a JBD BMS, and have a passcode set because you're concerned someone might connect to your battery, and change settings. This is a total false sense of security, as the BMS responds to a clearpass command, and when received fully removes the...
  3. BradCagle

    Victron VenusOS driver for Bluetooth BMS

    I created a Bluetooth version of @Louisvdw serial driver It's still very early work-in-progress. It only supports JBD BMS at the moment. Code is here: https://github.com/bradcagle/dbus-btbattery Instructions on how to get it going is in the README.md If you need to setup a Raspberry Pi...
  4. BradCagle

    Potential danger using polarize DC breakers in combiner boxes

    Anyone else realize this potential problem? Polarized DC breakers such as the ones used in Midnight Solar MNPV combiner box have polarity. The + side must be connected to the highest potential, which would be the PV string. This is required for the arc suppression to function. However...
  5. BradCagle

    PV fuse incredibly HOT!

    30A MidNite solar fuse https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ND37CVH?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 I noticed today the smell of plastic cooking, nothing melted yet but realized my DIN mounted https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009EO8D0C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_18?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 fuse...
  6. BradCagle

    Overvoltage protection via BMS

    Would be handy to have a list of BMSs, and what max voltage they can protect the battery from. Although this may be impractical as I see these BMSs change overtime, even ordering the same spec JBD BMS you might get one that is clearly different from a previous. Do we just have to tear them...
  7. BradCagle

    New guy from Texas

    Hi DIYers! Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a senior software engineer, however I have built out professional solar projects going back 10 years. I'm currently in the process of solar powering my garage/lab/mancave, and shooting youtube videos along the way. If you want, check out my youtube...
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