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90% of lithium cells are Chinese origin. The difficulty seems to be finding a reputable company who is honest. Can't help you there

I have been logging my fuel economy in a new to me car and also, the computer logs the average speed. Even with lots of motorway driving...

You battery is seriously neat - I like it! Jonathan

Fogstar in the UK sell cells. They also sell JK bms. I made my compression plates from 25mm cutting board. 6mm threaded rod does the...

I will probably move the bms onto the battery box bulkhead when I take the battery to the boat. The BMS mounting on the compression...

We have been using it to bed deck fittings and windows for 10 years. It has a longer shelf life than Sika. It cheaper than Sika. It's an...

It isn't "making your own", it's just a case of connecting the cells together, no difference to connecting a few lead acid batteries in...

It sounds to me like you are trying to justify why you spent a fortune buying Victron batteries when you can build your own for a...

WORKS. That's what it is called

Geocel Works is the product we use. It's had pretty good UV resistance to Caribbean sunlight

Use a multiplait rope. Three strand nylon will go hard, be awkward to handle and likely hockle. It’s a bad choice for an anchor warp.

With some boats, coverting to lithium is very easy. Others, it's a lot of work and expense. Yours appears to be the latter. You need to...

LifeP04 is rated at 1c, so you'll need a minimum of 600ah, as well as a BMS that can handle that much current. If you exceed the BMS...

I wouldn't try to run a bow thruster from a Lithium bank.

Build your own. I just finished this one. 280Ah at 24v. 45kg weight. A useful capacity, equivalent to about 1000Ah of lead at 12v. 450x...