[QUOTE=ksquared;1693804]I purchased 700ah
batteries from Balqon, and also got their BMS.
However, I don't see much information at all about it anywhere, and of course no user manual from Balqon.QUOTE]
Balqon - as any relatively young and emerging company - basically assembles
LiFePO4 batteries with Chinese cells and
Clean Power Auto BMS
electronics, adding commonly available fuse and Gigavac (or Tyco) coil contactor. Recently they published a PDF brochure explaining the basics of assumingly their
Qanbuss BMS, which appears to be more suitable for huge banks of
LiFePO4 sandwiches installed on
electric vehicles. I don't know what are the advantages of Qanbuss BMS in comparison to well established Clean
Power Auto systems. And - of course - by definition the brochure is not the manual...
With a bit of
DIY skills it is perfectly possible to assembly identical LiFePO4 sandwich and save a lot. I just did that,
purchasing cells and BMS from various US suppliers. As for monitoring I'm using popular NASA Clipper BM-1 display, although it is more for fun than necessary since BMS does the job of maintaining the battery
health...