1111 Aliexpress Sale

[bdosborn]

Apparently, 1111 i not only Veterans day but it's also a big sale day on Aliexpress. That site's not for everyone but you might check it out if you think you might want to build a LiFePo4 battery. I'll be pulling the trigger on 400a-hrs of CALB cells for $850. Yup, 4 times the capacity and costs less than a single a Battleborn. It won't get here till February but that's fine, I don't need them right away. Here goes nothing...

Bruce

[saltydawg]

Well dont tease us, links....

And what are you going to do with 400 ah of battery? solar for the house? that is a little over kill for a camper unless you live full time in a class A or similar.

[tony.latham]

I'll be pulling the trigger on 400a-

Putting a washer and dryer in the new van?

Keep us posted on the battery build when you get it. I'm curious.

Tony

[bdosborn]

I'm toying with the idea of using a household 120V fridge rather than a 12V version in the van. I'll need a bigger battery to cover the lower efficiency and inverter loses. I like CALB cells, here's the ones I'm getting.
CALB on Aliexpress

Building the battery is a piece of cake, now that I know how to do it.

LiFePO4 Build

Bruce

[MtnDon]

More and more off-grid cabin folks are opting for a new efficient residential fridge along with upgraded lifepo4 battery capacity instead of buying the traditional off-grid propane or DC only fridges that are made in limited numbers and are much more costly. We also added a few more PV panels and now have three arrays aimed in three directions; E, S, W. Three charge controllers too, but we are happy with the results and now have a larger fridge than before. Even with some clouds we recharge quickly.

[saltydawg]

If I was going off grid for a house I would do the top open chest freezer conversion to a fridge. I watched a video years ago where a guy did this, it used 1/4 of the electricity that a standard fridge used and had more storage. I wonder if they make a small enough chest freezer to make this work in a van. edit it looks like the 3.5 CF freezers would be a great size, basically 22 x 22 by 30 tall. Almost perfect to build in to a counter. if your counters are 22 deep, mount a piece of counter top on it and it would disappear visually. Now can you live with a 3.5 CF fridge.