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forum threadWoodSlayR posted Oct 06, 2025 11:30 AM
forum threadWoodSlayR posted Oct 06, 2025 11:30 AM

3528wh/280ah Lifepo4 battery Cells with DIY 2000W AC Battery Box $567.6

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This deal is for people thats a little more tech savy and isn't afraid of making some basic electrical connections. If your capable of following simple directions, you can build yourself a 3,528wh, 2000watt power station very inexpensively . It definitely has it's limitations like you'll need to find a charger to charge it through the Anderson connectors on the case, and it while it does have a built in Solar charge controller it doesn't specify the exact input wattage it can handle. It does state its a 20amp with a 55v max voltage solar charge controller, so I'm guessing somewhere around just under 1000 watts or possibly even 1000. It does have a phone app The unit is pretty basic overall and doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a modern power station but the price for its raw capacity is the lowest price I've ever seen at just 16 cents per Wh.

https://www.licitti.com/product/2040/
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This deal is for people thats a little more tech savy and isn't afraid of making some basic electrical connections. If your capable of following simple directions, you can build yourself a 3,528wh, 2000watt power station very inexpensively . It definitely has it's limitations like you'll need to find a charger to charge it through the Anderson connectors on the case, and it while it does have a built in Solar charge controller it doesn't specify the exact input wattage it can handle. It does state its a 20amp with a 55v max voltage solar charge controller, so I'm guessing somewhere around just under 1000 watts or possibly even 1000. It does have a phone app The unit is pretty basic overall and doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a modern power station but the price for its raw capacity is the lowest price I've ever seen at just 16 cents per Wh.

https://www.licitti.com/product/2040/

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Great find OP!

I would have jumped on this deal if the control board was a bit more standard and more widely available outside just one vendor. Here's more information about it:

https://www.licitti.com/product/2...atterybox/
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TenseDirt389Oct 06, 2025 12:18 PM
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Nice. Always good to see battery deals here.
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If shipping is accurate, this ends up almost at $800, might as well buy a modern looking AIO power station like the Pecron 3000 for $50 more.
This unit is 5 years too late to market
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supervloverOct 06, 2025 02:10 PM
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Also no charger included, and given it's a 12V setup, recharging will be pretty limited to 20-30A max... too slow.
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Quote from supervlover :
Also no charger included, and given it's a 12V setup, recharging will be pretty limited to 20-30A max... too slow.
Likely incorrect. It supports upto 55V charging. AT what current? No idea.

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If shipping is accurate, this ends up almost at $800, might as well buy a modern looking AIO power station like the Pecron 3000 for $50 more.
This unit is 5 years too late to market
This is true although you can buy just the cells for far less and slap on your own control PSU
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Tweak42Oct 06, 2025 02:35 PM
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+$213 for shipping to Los Angeles kills the deal.
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C17chiefOct 06, 2025 03:24 PM
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Price per kwh certainly not bad for a more or less complete power station....but it looks like all it is is just another cheap power station only you have to finish assembling. Prob worth spending a little more on your typical power station from a company that will maybe honor their warranty.

What happens when something goes wrong? BMS and solar controller you may get lucky fitting something else in as they are usually all pretty similar, but especially the inverter part, good luck finding an off the shelf board to fit

If you are willing to do some assembly for something like this product and aren't too terribly concerned with asthetics/packaging, I think you are much better off piecing the whole thing together with off the shelf parts and standard batteries. you could put together a cheap basic 5000wh setup for not much more than the shipped price of this as 48v 100ah batteries are starting to get near $500, and if your cheap inverter or charge controller or something goes bad, it's super easy and cheap to replace vs fubaring the whole unit, not to mention infinite possibility on changing, upgrading, and expanding your setup over time.

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Quote from supervlover :
Also no charger included, and given it's a 12V setup, recharging will be pretty limited to 20-30A max... too slow.
Please explain. I own a 120amp 12v charger and this battery would easily handle 120amps of charging. Even more if I had a larger charger.
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supervloverOct 06, 2025 08:47 PM
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Quote from WoodSlayR :
Quote from supervlover [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
Also no charger included, and given it's a 12V setup, recharging will be pretty limited to 20-30A max... too slow.
Please explain. I own a 120amp 12v charger and this battery would easily handle 120amps of charging. Even more if I had a larger charger.
Have you looked at the included accessories and gauges of the wires? They look like at most 10 gauge wiring and you are expecting to push 100A through those?
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LeakyAneurismOct 06, 2025 10:23 PM
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Quote from supervlover :
Quote from WoodSlayR [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
Quote from supervlover [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
Also no charger included, and given it's a 12V setup, recharging will be pretty limited to 20-30A max... too slow.
Please explain. I own a 120amp 12v charger and this battery would easily handle 120amps of charging. Even more if I had a larger charger.
Have you looked at the included accessories and gauges of the wires? They look like at most 10 gauge wiring and you are expecting to push 100A through those?
10ga wires can do 100 amps.

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Quote from supervlover :
Have you looked at the included accessories and gauges of the wires? They look like at most 10 gauge wiring and you are expecting to push 100A through those?
Look at a guage/amp chart. A 25ft run of 10 gauge is only good for 40 amps but a 3' run or less run of 10 guage can handle 200 amps continous. It looks like an Anderson 50 plugs is built into the box which means its rated to handle 50amps of hot plugging and easily double that amerage if its not hotplugged. Hotplugging meaning unplugging and plugging while current is flowing which is how Anderson plugs are rated but an Anderson 50 plug is designed to handle 120 amps.

The Anderson 50 plug is rated to handle up to 120 Amps (per UL 1977 Wire to Wire 6 AWG Max) and is listed to handle 50A of live current plugging and unplugging while under load (UL Hot Plug Current Rating). The SB50 is rated up to 600V DC or AC.
Last edited by WoodSlayR October 7, 2025 at 05:24 PM.
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Quote from LeakyAneurism :
10ga wires can do 100 amps.

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Short 1 foot runs of 10ga can handle 200amps continous. I included a chart. Its a pretty standard chart. You can find many online that will give you the same numbers. Your welcome.
Last edited by WoodSlayR October 7, 2025 at 05:20 PM.

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