here is the picture.
Each Battery is connected to the a terminal block (Bus bar) each cable is exactly the same length. The Terminal block connects to the posts. I use the posts to hook up to my lifepo4 charger. Between the terminal block and the negative post I have the Shunt installed to...
SO I am glad I found this thread. I live in the great north, and it does get cold. I thought my charge controller was protecting my battery system, and NOT charging them when it was below temperature. I accidentally found out that it is not true, when I saw current going to my batteries when...
Thanks for the reply. My Batteries are cheap Chinese batteries (no low temp cut off) . They are all the exact same and wired to a bus bar with all the cables from the bus bar to the batteries the same length, so they all charge at the same rates.
I was wondering how I was not damaging my...
I have seven of them in parallel connected to a bus/terminal bar. I am happy, but was wondering about cold protection, etc. They seem to live up to their capacity, but seem WAY too cheap. I was hoping Will would test them.
I do have a shunt. I will create a diagram and maybe take some photos. It is a bit messy as the design has evolved over time Come on, who decides on 7 batteries to start with? The system is built to have security cameras/wifi about 1000 feet from my house.