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Old 08-16-2022, 08:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
If you search you'll find a lot of posts.
There's zero reason to assemble the pack yourself nowadays, as they make plastic casings that fit standard car/motorcycle battery sizes with standard size terminals.
Except I can get 7 Ah cells for $3.50 apiece on Aliexpress. I load tested the cells and found them to very nearly get the claimed capacity, which is always hit or miss, especially on Chinese sourced cells.

A 4s4p config would cost $56, 28 Ah, and 200+ short duration discharge capability.

One can scale as needed to achieve their capacity and power requirements.

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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
I've used one of the 20Ah batteries from here for years:

https://www.batteryspace.com/li-ion-...lead-acid.aspx
Same. Spent like $120 and didn't even add balancing or BMS of any sort. 6 years trouble free in the Prius so far.
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