Nhoro Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Hi all, I have a question. My Leoch 48 V lithium battery seems to cycle about 1 % while electricity supply is on. It will charge up to full (100 % and 108.2 Ah on the BMS) I then see the BMS will allow the battery to discharge at a rate of 0.83 A for approx. 1 % of SOC. The inverter reads the correct voltage from the battery and shows it decreasing. My inverter float charge is set to 51.7 but it appears the bms allows votlage to drop below this. Then at about 99 % SOC, the battery starts charging again up to 100 % before starting a discharge. Is this normal ? Is the BMS cycling the battery to avoid float charge ie it would rather cycle 1 % than sit permanently on float ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazil Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Is this the same Leoach shown on Carte Blache? I am just asking as the name has become taboo locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 8 hours ago, Fazil said: Is this the same Leoach shown on Carte Blache? I am just asking as the name has become taboo locally. Yeah, the official importer of this battery only supplies them to mobile operators, and with the exception of a tiny amount of batteries imported by others (so I am told), any Leoch battery that made its way into a solar system is a stolen battery. That means that expertise on this battery is non-existent in this country... cause nobody runs these batteries, not legally anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerlach Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) @plonkster i spotted this guy local in cape town side that is selling them now. I try to see if there is any mounting/use marks on the photos Don't know if the legit import or stolen but check the bottom of the add. hhhhmmmmmm....... https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-other-electronics/somerset-west/leoch-lithium-battery/1005654217630910056092909 but like you said, know one will support you if you have this batteries in your setup. Edited August 15, 2019 by Gerlach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, Gerlach said: this guy local in cape town side that is selling them now Somerset West... my valley It looks like he has the original packaging too. As I said, I heard that a small number was privately imported directly from China through some or other means. Unfortunately it has gained a rather negative rep due to the Carte Blanche story, so now nobody will touch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerlach Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 27 minutes ago, plonkster said: Somerset West Jip jip. 28 minutes ago, plonkster said: It looks like he has the original packaging too. Nicely spotted, that's what got my attention, and i don't see any marks on it. I hope his got all his papers in order because some investigator will be at his front door knocking. 27 minutes ago, plonkster said: now nobody will touch them Maybe the price will drop some other time. hehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Gerlach said: Maybe the price will drop some other time. hehehehe At some point these things are going to get re-cycled and second-lifed... that's going to be interesting! (Suddenly nobody wants any old MTN batteries... no! go away! recycle your own stuff we don't want no trouble! ). Gerlach 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 1 hour ago, plonkster said: (Suddenly nobody wants any old MTN batteries... no! go away! recycle your own stuff we don't want no trouble! ). Wait, wait, hold on ... here, hold my beer ... let me see what I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Devee Sankaree Govender shows up a day later and you're like "darn it I knew this was too good to be true!"... Gerlach 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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