Jumping in here as someone who made exactly this transition last spring. @MistyTinker and @Curly are spot on about cabling, but what caught me off guard was the BMS communication side when I...
CotswoldVanLifer | 203 posts
@Roger1983 brilliant find at that price, genuinely impressive. I've been running a similar setup in my van for about eight months now using a salvaged 2013 Leaf pack -...
Hey @SolarMike, great build! One thing worth mentioning that nobody's touched on yet — with a 100Ah AGM you really want to avoid regularly discharging below 50%, so in practical terms you're...
@GlenChild I've been through exactly this with my van setup. One thing worth looking at is where your temperature sensor is physically sitting — mine was tucked against the cell casing right next...
CotswoldVanLifer | Posts: 847 | Joined: Mar 2019
@Lee1963 Yep, seen this with mine in the Cotswolds last winter during that cold snap we had in January.
CotswoldVanLifer | 312 posts
@CrafterDream I'm running Drift cells in my van build rather than a home backup, but same cells so hopefully useful — I went with a JK BMS as @KangooBuild mentioned,...
Really useful to see this thread — I've got a very similar setup in my van (MultiPlus-II 48/3000 rather than the 5000, but same Pylontech stack essentially).
One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if...
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