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@marvinator80 Bigger radiators, better insulation, or higher flow temperature - pick your poison...
New bms delivered today from fogstar, all installed and up and running 👍 Now to find that 3kW charger I’ve got somewhere….
Don't worry too much about deltaT across radiator flow/return - my system runs at about 2-4 degrees. House is nice and warm, everything works...
@transparent The seplos v3 is the standard passive balancing BMS, their 'active balancer' is a separate unit that connects via an additional harness, ...
@makia2023 I hooked up the cell monitoring lines before connecting the B+ cable (circled red) from the pack to the BMS. After about 2 mins I noticed t...
Just an FYI, yes you can easily assemble the 280L when in vertical mode. Blown up the BMS so I’ll need to sort another one, but I’ve got this far. W...
It did appear to be cheaper, yes. Ideally I'll have something up and running before xmas, but it's not the end of the world if I don't. I've got until...
@transparent I've ordered a 1S LFP charger from ali, 25a, so that gives me a bit more power compared to my bench PSUs at work. I need to get my Eltek ...
@transparent I've got plenty of bench PSUs available at work, but the plan at the moment is to follow the instructions on the diy solar forum. Throw i...
@transparent I'm offgrid and currently charge my Diy'd 9.6kWh pack from my inverter/charger/mppt. I don't want to decommission this setup until the Ma...
Picking error at the warehouse apparently - Fogstar delivering the correct accessory pack tomorrow. As for the active balancer - youtube research su...
I've sent an email with my queries to fogstar support who I purchased the whole kit from. In the meantime I will continue to assemble the kit as far a...
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