I have 2 x 150ah Liitokala. Pretty poor. I've ended up cutting them open to investigate. The BMS is pretty cheap and nasty. The wiring is poor too. That said, the battery is cheap. After 3 full capacity tests, I. Get 100ah from one and 122ah from the other. I've replaced the BMS for JDB and fitted a 5A equaliser as the cells do tend to run away, not helped as its 8 pouch cells in parallel and in series. Since the mods, I can squeeze a extra 5ah out of each. So for less than £500, I've got about 235ah and it's now Bluetooth. Would I buy them again? Absolutely no way as the company deny their packs fail to make capacity. However I do take away a decent capacity leisure battery plus a lot of new gained knowledge.
Hello. I would like to do the same but for making a 24 v system. Had you a video of the disassembly? My main fear is to find the cells soldered instead of bolts to do reconfiguration. Regards
@@sheepdipR1Thank you so much. I couldn't understand why this complete batteries with case are cheaper than only 4 single cells (without the case, BMS and our time and knowledge) with the same capacity. But with soldered pins I can't manage it. Thanks!
ive done a capacity test with the 200ah battery. my result was: 166ah from 13,96v to 11,60v. discarge with 5a. i ordered two of them. and they are very similar.
@@DanSohan I've not done a capacity test. However, I've lived on my boat for months at a time running fridge and other electronics. I charge the bank with two Victron SmartSolar contriollers and monitor it with a Victron SmartShunt. No issues.
@@pawnmoveI'm considering putting together a similar system with these batteries using The renogy Wanderer solar charge controller and about 240 watts of panels. Any suggestions or pointers?
@@SailingSarah The Wanderer chargers appear to be PWM chargers (bad) so my recommendations would be to (1) use a MPPT controller (I used Victron SmartSolar), and (2) install a good shunt-based monitor like the Victron SmartShunt or Balmar SG200 + BlueTooth adapter.
Do you know the total wattage of your use? For now I just want to power 3X50 watt led lights and 2X40 watt fans in my storage shed. I want to use LiitoKala 12.8V 160AH LiFePO4 Battery with Solar Panel 2*300W Portable Outdoor Power Storage Solar System Kit Inverter 6000W 30A. (not too sure about the 6000W) Any feed back is greatly appreciated.
Hi Dan! I've been using the 24v version of these packs for some projects and overall I've been very happy with them. The ones I have say 24V 80Ah. I figure it's only really 80% of that (and that was my expectation when I bought them), and they've performed great for the past 8 months or so. How are yours holding up? Did you end up doing that 1-year-in review?
Thanks for the concise review. I've looked at a few reviews but I don't remember any of them comparing capacity over a number of cycles and noting that the capacity was improving. Think I'll bite the bullet on a 200ah. The key take away seems to be that the capacity is as stated but maybe due to unbalanced cells that it won't be at a big draw. I only need to run a small car fridge and a few lights and maybe charge phones at the same time so max 10amps so capacity should be ok. I expect dodgy wiring internally but once again at 10 amps.. Even if the capacity is even say 25% off these things are so cheap that it's worth it if I can get a decent life out of them.
18:55 LiitoKala conclusion Depends of the model and how chinese produce specific piece, it may have less capacity, but quality and price are good so they're worth considering Same in lithuanian test 13:09 ua-cam.com/video/4YchQTUUkE4/v-deo.html Battery charges are faulty: DE ua-cam.com/video/v4PDqyZdXUY/v-deo.html PL ua-cam.com/video/H_vpPNLsYZk/v-deo.html UK ua-cam.com/video/2tWjLo6zOII/v-deo.html
My 150AH SHENTEC looks identical to this in my RV. I've had the BMS shut down the battery when charging off the generator with the RV's built-in charger, I suspect it's some type of overcurrent protection kicking in. I Wish these had a Bluetooth app to find out what's going on...
Hi. Ive got one of these batteries but i cant go over 13.2v when charging it with my solar panel system in my camper. What volatage yours are staying at when fully charged ?
@@mygadgetzhaiqal7410Hi. Ive manage to sort that now It took few days on my solar panel to fully charge it to 14.4 volt. I guess its becouse it need cell balancing at the end and that can take ages especially if you only using solar system (im in uk so not that many sunny days). Try and charge it via normal charger for very long time it should help.
I don't, and I haven't had any trouble, Lots of people do, I think the main benefit is been able to control the charge current, and put charge in more quickly - however I have solar in my van and that takes care of 80% of the recharging.
I have 2 x 150ah Liitokala. Pretty poor.
I've ended up cutting them open to investigate. The BMS is pretty cheap and nasty. The wiring is poor too. That said, the battery is cheap. After 3 full capacity tests, I. Get 100ah from one and 122ah from the other. I've replaced the BMS for JDB and fitted a 5A equaliser as the cells do tend to run away, not helped as its 8 pouch cells in parallel and in series. Since the mods, I can squeeze a extra 5ah out of each. So for less than £500, I've got about 235ah and it's now Bluetooth.
Would I buy them again? Absolutely no way as the company deny their packs fail to make capacity. However I do take away a decent capacity leisure battery plus a lot of new gained knowledge.
Добрий день! Розкажіть як ви його розібрали і чи є смисл міняти БМС?
Дякую!
Hello. I would like to do the same but for making a 24 v system. Had you a video of the disassembly? My main fear is to find the cells soldered instead of bolts to do reconfiguration. Regards
@@aireymarI would avoid this make. It's 8 cell pouches and all soldered poorly done. Buy prismatic cells. 24v is pretty straightforward 👍
@@Робота-о1гApologies, missed your message. I cut it open with a thin disc cutter. The BMS is cheap and not customisable. I replaced with a JBD 👍
@@sheepdipR1Thank you so much. I couldn't understand why this complete batteries with case are cheaper than only 4 single cells (without the case, BMS and our time and knowledge) with the same capacity. But with soldered pins I can't manage it. Thanks!
ive done a capacity test with the 200ah battery. my result was: 166ah from 13,96v to 11,60v. discarge with 5a. i ordered two of them. and they are very similar.
They still going ok?
I've had two of the LiitoKala 200AH batteries on my sailboat (charged by a 300W solar system) for the past year and they have preformed flawlessly.
Have you managed to do a full capacity test? So far, no issues other than squeezing the full capacity
@@DanSohan I've not done a capacity test. However, I've lived on my boat for months at a time running fridge and other electronics. I charge the bank with two Victron SmartSolar contriollers and monitor it with a Victron SmartShunt. No issues.
@@pawnmoveI'm considering putting together a similar system with these batteries using The renogy Wanderer solar charge controller and about 240 watts of panels. Any suggestions or pointers?
@@SailingSarah The Wanderer chargers appear to be PWM chargers (bad) so my recommendations would be to (1) use a MPPT controller (I used Victron SmartSolar), and (2) install a good shunt-based monitor like the Victron SmartShunt or Balmar SG200 + BlueTooth adapter.
Do you know the total wattage of your use? For now I just want to power 3X50 watt led lights and 2X40 watt fans in my storage shed. I want to use LiitoKala 12.8V 160AH LiFePO4 Battery with Solar Panel 2*300W Portable Outdoor Power Storage Solar System Kit Inverter 6000W 30A. (not too sure about the 6000W) Any feed back is greatly appreciated.
Inside there are extremely aged cells!
Hi Dan! I've been using the 24v version of these packs for some projects and overall I've been very happy with them. The ones I have say 24V 80Ah. I figure it's only really 80% of that (and that was my expectation when I bought them), and they've performed great for the past 8 months or so.
How are yours holding up? Did you end up doing that 1-year-in review?
Maybe they are using B grade batteries.
Thanks for the concise review. I've looked at a few reviews but I don't remember any of them comparing capacity over a number of cycles and noting that the capacity was improving.
Think I'll bite the bullet on a 200ah. The key take away seems to be that the capacity is as stated but maybe due to unbalanced cells that it won't be at a big draw. I only need to run a small car fridge and a few lights and maybe charge phones at the same time so max 10amps so capacity should be ok. I expect dodgy wiring internally but once again at 10 amps.. Even if the capacity is even say 25% off these things are so cheap that it's worth it if I can get a decent life out of them.
Did you do the trickle charging test to force re-balancing to increase ah? Did it work?
18:55 LiitoKala conclusion
Depends of the model and how chinese produce specific piece, it may have less capacity, but quality and price are good so they're worth considering
Same in lithuanian test 13:09 ua-cam.com/video/4YchQTUUkE4/v-deo.html
Battery charges are faulty:
DE ua-cam.com/video/v4PDqyZdXUY/v-deo.html
PL ua-cam.com/video/H_vpPNLsYZk/v-deo.html
UK ua-cam.com/video/2tWjLo6zOII/v-deo.html
My 150AH SHENTEC looks identical to this in my RV. I've had the BMS shut down the battery when charging off the generator with the RV's built-in charger, I suspect it's some type of overcurrent protection kicking in. I Wish these had a Bluetooth app to find out what's going on...
Do you build lithium battery packs for folk... With an onboard BMS can I use my 2020 caravan charger to charge the battery ? Thanks
What about water resistance?
Where can I get instructions for setting the battery up , non included with mine - great battery otherwise
Thank you for sharing. I'm interested to know how you built your homemade battery packs. What kind of cost savings Etc
To be honest the cost saving have dropped a lot as lifepo4 has come down in price.
Hi. Ive got one of these batteries but i cant go over 13.2v when charging it with my solar panel system in my camper. What volatage yours are staying at when fully charged ?
i have similar issue with you. cannot charge more than 13.2v. and capacity is as per advertised at all.
@@mygadgetzhaiqal7410Hi. Ive manage to sort that now
It took few days on my solar panel to fully charge it to 14.4 volt. I guess its becouse it need cell balancing at the end and that can take ages especially if you only using solar system (im in uk so not that many sunny days). Try and charge it via normal charger for very long time it should help.
Thanks!
Great review Dan, can you share with me the digital display manual? Thanks
I will try and find it and do video asap
@Dan Sohan need it to 🙏
So, if I understand you Don’t use a DC DC charger to charge it from the alternador, do you think it’s not necessary?
I don't, and I haven't had any trouble, Lots of people do, I think the main benefit is been able to control the charge current, and put charge in more quickly - however I have solar in my van and that takes care of 80% of the recharging.