Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking to split a battery shipment?

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 14:35

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I'm in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. I'm in need of a couple of replacement LiFePO4s, but since shipping is such a big cost for a small shipment, I'm considering buying in bulk. I could use as many as 1600 Ah, but I'm looking more in the range of 800 Ah. It looks like deals are had with a 10,000 Ah shipment. Is anyone out there interested in going in on a shipment from China? We could discuss manufacturers later if the interest is there.

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 15:05

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

You're considering the CHL or GBS cells, right? I'm in Arizona, but it might be worthwhile even if I have to pay shipping back from the east coast.

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 15:21

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

I am considering CHL or GBS, Ron.

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 15:44

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

I'd potentially be up for about 2500 Ah's worth...

Tue, 03/27/2012 - 16:16

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

LiFeBATT is in Danville, Virgina. We offer Plug & Play LiFePO4 high quality Prismatic Cell Packs. Why go to China and risk your money to buy low C-Rate questionable LiFePO4 product with no warranty?

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 17:55

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

That's good to know, Don. I had been having trouble finding anyone relatively nearby. I am looking for twenty 40 Ah batteries, though, to fit my current BMS and battery storage area without a lot of modification.

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 19:23

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

ElectroLex wrote:

Sounds like you are just looking for individual Cells. We don't participate in that venue, sorry. We custom build complete plug and play battery systems using our own BMS / VMS circuit protection boards. If ever in the Danville area feel free to drop by and visit us.

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Wed, 03/28/2012 - 06:39

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

ElectroLex,

I may be interested in joining your group purchase of LiFePO4 batteries. What size batteries, or cells? Price each with and w/o group deal? Total shipping estimate?

I have an E-Wheels EW-475-Li 6-speed mountain bike, which has a 10 AH 36 V LiFePO4 battery. I need a spare to double range -- OR build one with cells.

I also may be in additional batteries, or cells, for camper and solar applications.

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Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:34

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

CHLs = $1.15 per amp-hour ($0.36/W-hr)
GBS = $0.80 per amp-hour ($0.25/W-hr)

These are assuming we can get a 10,000 Ah shipment together. I'm not sure about the availability of 10 Ahr batteries from either supplier. I am leaning more towards the quality CHLs. I will have to check into the shipping costs, but it won't add tremendously to the overall costs. I figure that I can get very high quality batteries once every five years, and in bulk, I can get the quality ones for less than a small shipment of lower quality ones.

So, I think we're still at less than half of what we'd need with the interest expressed so far...

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Sat, 04/07/2012 - 21:55

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

I am interested in four, 40AH CHL's - to Pittsburgh, PA. Unfortunately I renewed a 48 volt motor scooter pack with Winston cells (at about the same price, plus shipping) only a year ago, or I would be interested in 20 of them.

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 21:59

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

I would be wary of GBS. I've had two fail outright in less than 11 months. Read my new topic about the possible cause.

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 15:51

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Re: Any east coasters/southeast/mid atlantic folks looking ...

Just wanted to check in again, in case the picture has changed for anyone out there? I'm still looking to purchase batteries, and I wonder if anyone else wants to go in on a shipment this year?

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