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Off Grid for 18 years now, As you will see in my videos, my channel, for years I have Lead acid AND LiFePO4 running in one bank. 13 LiFePO4 Batteries connected to one main buss bar. 2 @ 400ah, 5 @ 200ah and 6 are 100ah. Been running fine for over 26 months. The method is your cable sizing. You use resistive cable gauging to keep them working together. 6 awg from each 100ah, 4 awg from each 200ah, and 2 awg from each 400ah. The outcome is defaulted charge and draw due to wire/ load resistance(heat). As you demand too much from the 100ah, the 6 awg starts to "road block" basically resist pull over 70 amps and defaults to the 200ah, the 200 ah 4 awg starts to get resistance in its cable when you exceed 125 amps and defaults to the 400ah using 2 awg. It all auto balances itself to the main buss bar so I get 70% ability of all the BMS's at the same time as it is in use. to make matters even more insane, for almost 2 years I have 28 GC2 Rolls Surrettes 235ah Lead Acid Batteries connected via 2/0 cable to those LiFePO4 Buss Bar. The inverters and all loads pull direct from the Lead Acid which gets its voltage support ( not its main amp draw ) from the Lithium. My total result is thousands of Amp hours. The Lead Acid is like new even though 3-1/2 years old since they have voltage support and never see over 45% DOD. They even now have 1/3 the water loss due to the LiFePO4 all night supporting voltage stability refill. I learned this in the Telecom industry when they used Ni-mh for lead acid support the same way in the 1990's.

Very helpful app. What's it called?

Nice batteries. Appreciate ya bringing out some lithium.

I'm running my 3.2Kw solar system with 24V battery pack. I have 2 lead acid batteries (12V, 185ah each) in series. Selfmade 24V lithium battery pack of 200ah capacity... I'm using both packs in parallel... It's giving too much satisfying results...

I've got 2 older 12v 250Amp AGMs In series and noticed the solar system is taking more energy to keep them charged. So I just bought 2 LifePO4 200Amp batteries to run in series. I'd like to keep the old AGMs hooked up to my charge controller using a battery switch connector. My Charge controller has different charging section modes by type. I know I could switch type modes while charging, but looking to see what I would run into trying to charge both banks at the same time.

sodium-ion has voltage range in between 1.5v~4.0v , you are comparing orange to apple !

Thanks so much for this review. I was shesrching for a proper non PR review of one of them electric crimp and your video came up. Not many reviews out there. I need this to crimp battery snd inberter cables. I have no doubt this would soon catch on. Do you have any idea how reliable this is long term? Also when i checked the spec. The top back tube like shape is called "oil storage" does this reauire hydraulic oil change? I am just concerned about durability... Would appreciate if you coukd shed some light

I have a skar svk2 4500 wired at .5 ohms hooked up to 2 xspower d3100s still dropping down to 12.5 volts runnimg a 375 amp singer alternator and debating on gettimg another svk2 4500 down the road and strapping them which one do you recommended

So I have a stock alternator agm under the hood and have a 3k amp I live in Wisconsin so coldest it gets is -35 f which one should I run and don’t I have to charge these before installation and run a isolator

I currently have two 12V 150ah in series lead acid battery. With this video, I can rest easy and add another 24v lifepo4 in parallel and add capacity to my bank in the future. Thank you for doing the experiment

I wish that someone made a clear case for the Headway 38120hp 96ah batteries

This is a GREAT video. You made it so simple to understand. I Sub'd.

@GloweIndustries Questions follow and thanks for your help. I got a bit lost with all the details but best I could gather is when using a lead acid charger, keep an eye on it and charge to 14.4V then remove the charger, all done....correct? Also, on the charging amperage, as I understand it 40? or 50? amps is about as high as one should go when charging the lifepo4... Is that correct? If not, what is the max safe limit for the battery charging amps? When I say safe for the battery, I mean, will charging at lower amperage substantially lengthen the batteries life or not by all that much? I'm obviously looking for the fastest charge possible while getting a reasonable lifetime from the battery. Thanks again.

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If I ordered a glow voltage today will it get shipped out asap? It said they’re on back order and new shipment would be 8/01 which was yesterday .

How many AH is this bank

can i run this with headway? and will it support a big boss 8k wired to .5 with a 400a ho alt?

I have two 12s on a 5K and an AGM under the hood stock alt big 3/4 ran, should I get a S1 or S2? I have Titan8s that aren’t cutting.

So I can replace my car battery under my hood with a series 1 without issues just to give info I have 2019 f250 gas engine will this work?

What happens when you hook them up in series and charge them with 24 volt charger? I can get a lot more solar if my charger is set to 24 volts.

I just bought my 1st 12v 100ah lithium battery and I've been trying to figure out what charger to buy, I heard a lot of people say ONLY Lifepo4 charger and at least a 20 amp charger. I'm glad I ran across your video. Thanks for putting out this great informative video.

I have the 80 ah lishen what balancer should I use I want to buy from u

Question about something completely different. Can i put a lifepo4 battery in my sxs (utv) or will it hurt my charging system on my sxs. What size would you recommend, if i got 380 cca do i need to get more cca on the lifepo4 battery, what AH do i need etc. What all do i need to look atv and watch for. My stock battery only lasted 1 1/2 years. So hoping lifepo4 will last 5 years maybe. Thanks for any info on what to look for and if it will work on sxs without hurting anything

Wrong. Your conclusion is rushed. The shunt must be a center focus. You lack an isolation switch. A lead battery and a lithium are like juggling balls. Take your effort away and they fall apart. What stereo people should be asking and can and solar cabins is "what happens when you wire similar lead batteries together and make them one?". That's a slower disaster. A good rule is separate charge controllers. Separate batteries. Separate loads. For electricians, it's anti - intuition, but it's the right way.

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WOW it's amazing how people will say anything to make a dollar i saw your post on Facebook earlier this morning about the overcharging explosion as well that's two fails two major fails you would be better off running cmax than this i personally run SCIB the 2.9AH M5 pedestal cells supposed to be really safe just a tad pricey but it's got the best C rating i could find 75C

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LTO does not do this... wow. Thanks for the real world testing instead of relying on manufacturers claims.

Well that went better then the smaller 18500 cells that pop like a firecracker

was it fully charged?

If sodium is 1000x more abundant on Earth than lithium and it does 80% of the job... what it doesnt have in Energy density, it will make up for in raw quantity. Have you never heard the phrase "quantity is a quality of its own"? If I can produce 1000x more sodium batteries than lithium batteries.... why does a tiny energy storage difference matter?

Sodium batteries can be discharged fully without causing damage to the cell. Lithium batteries cannot be discharged past 30% without permanently damaging the cell. So your test doesn't really make sense. But also, if it can carry 80% of the charge of a lithium battery for 40% the price, then I am still winning in energy storage economics. If an electric bike costs $600, and the battery is $400... then dropping the cost of the battery to below $200 means my electric bike now retails at $400 instead of $600. So again... you are really missing the point. Sodium ion batteries arent designed to outperform lithium ion batteries, they are designed to be significantly cheaper and make up for what lithium can do in Sodiums bulk... since it is literally 1000x more abundant on Earth. Countries literally fight wars over lithium and cobalt nowadays.... so if you can use something 1000x more abundant, then you dont need to fight wars over it.

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Guys your car radio and other stuff won't get damaged even if you run solid 15v

or charge to nominal voltage for both cells and redo your testing.. one of the selling points of sodium is that it can charge above the 14.8 volt limit on lifepo4

This battery is essential for small cars like a 370z

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Thank You. My first introduction to Sodium batteries. I was curious.

Lithium wins again.

Discharge curve isn't flat enought for Na+ ion to be useable (resembles capacitor), maybe in future might improve?

You are missing the bigger picture. The whole point is to get 'close enough'... not beat Lithium. Sodium batteries at scale will be about 40% cheaper than comparable lithium batteries and will not require a supply chain based on China. Lithium is also very destructive to mine and refine.

I don't see the problem ... the sodium has a bigger voltage gap ... yes ... but that is not a problem ... it is only to be considered when designing... FYI a normal car will run till about 10.5V voltage without any problem. 12V is only the "nominal" voltage. And I prefer the linear voltage - drop- so that you can conclude how much energie is still stored by simple measuring the voltage.

I recently put together a small bank of Headway cells 3S4P. I notice the 4 groups seem to like their own voltage range. Two seem to float at 3.31, while another about 3.44 and the last about 3.21. I'm assuming some of the cells are just in better condition than others. Could measuring the internal resistance of individual cells give me an indication of which are good and which I should set aside? I think a capacity test would be more definitive, but I'm sure it's going to be more expensive and take a lot more time.

Sodium-ion prices Definitely they need to be lower, half the energy and half the life cycles as lithium phosphate and right now price for Sodium-ion is about equal to LFP not worth it.

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A quick question for anyone who may know. With lithium iron phosphate cells in general, does the charging voltage actually matter? Seeing as how once the engine is turned off the voltage is always going to drop down to around 13.3v, does it matter if you charge at 13.8v, 14v or 14.6v?

Sodium. Because I'm not running my system or accessories without charging, so I'll never see low voltage. Now if you looking to jam out on reserve capacity only then lithium.

Im definitely losing the FOMO i had when they dropped the sodium cells a couple days after i bought my SAPT cells. Are you going to be going anything with SAPT? Its very close to lishen from my understanding