We just bought 4 x 200ah batteries to run our off grid house. Pretty pleased with the. Only need them to last 5 years till we get a much bigger system. But for now kings is good enough
The best part is there's so many supa centres now if anything went wrong in the warranty period you'd get given a new one and then the warranty starts all over again. Can't really beat that.
@perkypat2214 currently running 4 main LED lights in garage, all the chargers for battery tools, computer, eftpos machine, 2180w steamer I use for work on and off, plus heat gun, and also anything else that needs power in the garage. For a while I was running TV and surround sound system aswell but the solar couldn't keep up on rainy days. (This is for my off grid build video of the trailer toolbox setup)
Looks like all the blue top lithium’s are reasonably good quality as is your 3000w inverter. Should hit kings up for a discount code for your viewers courtesy of their product testing.
After watching your reviews on the Kings batteries I bought the 120Ah and 300Ah units and am very happy with their functionality. I recently also bought a 120Ah Rock LiFePO4 and a 24V serial balancer as other channels have shown the possibility of adding different brand batteries in series. Time will tell. Does the cheapy 40A charger actually pump 40A when pushed?
@@WEEKENDER4X4 I was replying to TheRenoir, he has a 120Ah battery from Rock. A company selling on eBay. I’ve been tempted to get one of their 24v batteries but I cant find any real-world reviews of them yet.
My only concern with the 100ah is that it appears to have pouch cells inside .. where the 120ah has prismatic cells .. So I'm unsure if there would be any real differences in them .. Your imput on that would be most welcome..
Yea pouch cells have a smaller shelf life than the prismatic cells. But so far with the battery I have been testing at my mother's house it's been going strong without issues for over 6months so far. Will do capacity test on it in another 6 months (Not the kings battery) it's a gokwh battery with pouch cells. Basically same construction as the kings ones
Not all the blue tops are the same, the 60ah blue top the short circuit protection is permanent 😂 once they get shorted or anything over 80a the bms cuts off and doesnt recover. So you could say the over current protection is also a fail. I think the bms acts more like a fuse. I decided i still want the one that failed on me recently so ive just ordered a 100a jk bms to put in it this week. The 120a blue tops also seem to be all over the place, i have two that are 4s, 130ah tested. I also have one bought a week earlier of a different batch and its 8 cells in series parallel. Im definitely interested to see whats inside the 60ah, my bet is that its the same cells that are in the 8 cell version of the 120ah i have, but only 4 of them. The 60ah ive had 3 of now and all tested at 65-67ah so they do the job, just a crap bms
We just bought 4 x 200ah batteries to run our off grid house. Pretty pleased with the. Only need them to last 5 years till we get a much bigger system. But for now kings is good enough
The best part is there's so many supa centres now if anything went wrong in the warranty period you'd get given a new one and then the warranty starts all over again. Can't really beat that.
How much stuff are you running in your house?
@perkypat2214 currently running 4 main LED lights in garage, all the chargers for battery tools, computer, eftpos machine, 2180w steamer I use for work on and off, plus heat gun, and also anything else that needs power in the garage. For a while I was running TV and surround sound system aswell but the solar couldn't keep up on rainy days. (This is for my off grid build video of the trailer toolbox setup)
Looks like all the blue top lithium’s are reasonably good quality as is your 3000w inverter. Should hit kings up for a discount code for your viewers courtesy of their product testing.
Haha yea nah I don't think they need me at all to help with sales lol
After watching your reviews on the Kings batteries I bought the 120Ah and 300Ah units and am very happy with their functionality. I recently also bought a 120Ah Rock LiFePO4 and a 24V serial balancer as other channels have shown the possibility of adding different brand batteries in series. Time will tell. Does the cheapy 40A charger actually pump 40A when pushed?
Surprisingly it does 39a-40a
Yea mate the ones I've tested run the full 40a
How have you gone with the Rock battery?
@@codiecarroll735 Rock battery?
@@WEEKENDER4X4 I was replying to TheRenoir, he has a 120Ah battery from Rock. A company selling on eBay. I’ve been tempted to get one of their 24v batteries but I cant find any real-world reviews of them yet.
My only concern with the 100ah is that it appears to have pouch cells inside .. where the 120ah has prismatic cells .. So I'm unsure if there would be any real differences in them .. Your imput on that would be most welcome..
Yea pouch cells have a smaller shelf life than the prismatic cells. But so far with the battery I have been testing at my mother's house it's been going strong without issues for over 6months so far. Will do capacity test on it in another 6 months (Not the kings battery) it's a gokwh battery with pouch cells. Basically same construction as the kings ones
Not all the blue tops are the same, the 60ah blue top the short circuit protection is permanent 😂 once they get shorted or anything over 80a the bms cuts off and doesnt recover. So you could say the over current protection is also a fail. I think the bms acts more like a fuse. I decided i still want the one that failed on me recently so ive just ordered a 100a jk bms to put in it this week. The 120a blue tops also seem to be all over the place, i have two that are 4s, 130ah tested. I also have one bought a week earlier of a different batch and its 8 cells in series parallel. Im definitely interested to see whats inside the 60ah, my bet is that its the same cells that are in the 8 cell version of the 120ah i have, but only 4 of them. The 60ah ive had 3 of now and all tested at 65-67ah so they do the job, just a crap bms
Ahh ok yea well that makes sense. Definitely think not all BMS's are made equally and have found out the hard way on some of my DIY builds lol.