Re: [EVDL] Time to build a lithium battery from 18650 or 26xxx

2019-05-15 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
David is correct. Lots of junk. However if you question or possibly call the vendor you can get a better sense of their honesty. The $2,400 worth of Valence batteries I got for $200 was a useful bargain. I was afraid that the sag I got from the San Francisco hills would croak them carrying

Re: [EVDL] Time to build a lithium battery from 18650 or 26xxx

2019-05-15 Thread jkenny23 via EV
Those $100 listings as others have mentioned are used cells. You'll find that based on their tested capacity they're not a very good deal also. As I mentioned, the market rate is about $180/kWH for new cells, sometimes you can find a better deal on new old stock or bulk buys. I try and maintain a

Re: [EVDL] Time to build a lithium battery from 18650 or 26xxx

2019-05-15 Thread Paul Compton via EV
Check out Jehu Garcia on YT. He often organises bulk buys of cells. On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 15:38, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > > On 15 May 2019 at 8:12, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > > > New and pre owned cells. Not sure I would trust pre owned. > > You may not be sure, but I'm positive

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2019-05-15 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Time to build a lithium battery from 18650 or 26xxx

2019-05-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 15 May 2019 at 8:12, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > New and pre owned cells. Not sure I would trust pre owned. You may not be sure, but I'm positive I wouldn't. You don't know where those cells have been. These days, both Ebay and Amazon are so overrun with garbage and counterfeit

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2019-05-15 Thread Matthew Quitter via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Time to build a lithium battery from 18650 or 26xxx

2019-05-15 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
Go on eBay. 100 cells. $100. Here is a search. New and pre owned cells. Not sure I would trust pre owned. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=100+lithium+cells Lawrence Rhodes ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub