Hey Dylan, I have been testing 2 x 200A Plus in parallel for about 5 months at home to see how they go and if I can recommend to my customers for small off-grid installs, they have worked flawlessly, pulling up to 4500w from them regularly, with normal loads around 200w to 2600w for hours every day via induction cooking, washing machine, dishwasher, kettle, coffee machine, computers etc without any issues, recharging with solar, nothing bad to report so it looks like these are a good unit. I got them for $612 on sale, the 100A BMS version I have seen around $580 not worth it when you can get the 200A BMS version on sale for under $50 more, I would like Bluetooth, spoke to Kandy and she didn't say they would be releasing this in AU any time soon which is a shame as they have 200-230-280A in the US with Bluetooth, I am running Victron gear with these so it's not an issue as they just integrate into the home system. I also have a 100A Li-Time that's been going strong coming up to 7 months, again no issues, it was just a testing battery but cannot fault it, it's been used heavily without complaint commonly being discharged to 1%, picked it up for $300 on a sale, but IMO the 200A Plus is the better buy as you can run induction off them without any extra gear. Also have a 200A Smart Renogy, 6-months old and has been a crap battery since new, randomly will drop from 30% SOC to 6%, or just drop 15% SOC without notice, only seems to work ok if you discharge fully then recharge to 100%, it also won't allow 100% discharge as the BMS will cut off when cells get to 2.7V, instead of 2.5 to get 100% discharge like the Li-Time's do, I wish I had seen the Li-Time before purchasing the Renogy as it cost $1200 so could have had 2 x Li-Time 200A Plus for that, I will be doing a warranty claim on the Renogy soon as it's starting to drop chunks of SOC randomly more often. Also the Li-Time 200 Plus weighs 19Kg which is good, the Renogy Smart 200A which was their latest tech only 6 months ago weighs 29Kg.
Mate glad to hear yours are going as good as mine 🙂 Mine is cycling 20% each day, which is not the beat for it, but no issues. Sounds like your putting yours through it's paces
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Hey mate, Yep we use the Big Wie in the cruiser when camping for longer then a few days. Handy having the Anderson plugs so I can plug the fridge straight in. 200Ah is enough for a week of camping with no charge aswell.
@DaveyJones-bj6df I love the design of the BIG Wei, but if your not thinking of doing long trips in it. Why not look at an all In one? We plug our All powers into the caravan and run the 240v system off it. House black outs you still have power. Take it away camping everything is there in one unit. Only downside is no Anderson outlet, but I just use a cigarette to Anderson adapter. You can pick up an all in one these days for $1,500
Hey Dylan, I have been testing 2 x 200A Plus in parallel for about 5 months at home to see how they go and if I can recommend to my customers for small off-grid installs, they have worked flawlessly, pulling up to 4500w from them regularly, with normal loads around 200w to 2600w for hours every day via induction cooking, washing machine, dishwasher, kettle, coffee machine, computers etc without any issues, recharging with solar, nothing bad to report so it looks like these are a good unit.
I got them for $612 on sale, the 100A BMS version I have seen around $580 not worth it when you can get the 200A BMS version on sale for under $50 more, I would like Bluetooth, spoke to Kandy and she didn't say they would be releasing this in AU any time soon which is a shame as they have 200-230-280A in the US with Bluetooth, I am running Victron gear with these so it's not an issue as they just integrate into the home system.
I also have a 100A Li-Time that's been going strong coming up to 7 months, again no issues, it was just a testing battery but cannot fault it, it's been used heavily without complaint commonly being discharged to 1%, picked it up for $300 on a sale, but IMO the 200A Plus is the better buy as you can run induction off them without any extra gear.
Also have a 200A Smart Renogy, 6-months old and has been a crap battery since new, randomly will drop from 30% SOC to 6%, or just drop 15% SOC without notice, only seems to work ok if you discharge fully then recharge to 100%, it also won't allow 100% discharge as the BMS will cut off when cells get to 2.7V, instead of 2.5 to get 100% discharge like the Li-Time's do, I wish I had seen the Li-Time before purchasing the Renogy as it cost $1200 so could have had 2 x Li-Time 200A Plus for that, I will be doing a warranty claim on the Renogy soon as it's starting to drop chunks of SOC randomly more often.
Also the Li-Time 200 Plus weighs 19Kg which is good, the Renogy Smart 200A which was their latest tech only 6 months ago weighs 29Kg.
Mate glad to hear yours are going as good as mine 🙂
Mine is cycling 20% each day, which is not the beat for it, but no issues. Sounds like your putting yours through it's paces
Am running a pair of these, agree with your findings, decent units I reckon! Runs 3k inverter and the rest of gear flawless so far
That's why I got the 2nd one 😉
How long u can run the air-conditioning off them.
Thanks for the comment mate 👍
Great job, mate. It looks like a good battery for a reasonable price . Some of the other prices are out of control crazy 🤪
Mate could not agree more! I think this shows what the real price of a battery should be.
just watched your review on allpower inverter as well thanks for advice
Happy to help mate 👍
That's why I do this 😁
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Hey Andy, sorry about that.
I'll do a video Wednesday filling everyone in. Don't want to put one up while I'm emotional and say something I'll regret.
@ hope your travelling ok there?
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Good price 👍
Thank you for the support 🙏
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Cheers guys! 😀
do you still rate the big wie batterys
Hey mate, Yep we use the Big Wie in the cruiser when camping for longer then a few days. Handy having the Anderson plugs so I can plug the fridge straight in. 200Ah is enough for a week of camping with no charge aswell.
@Off.Track4x4 I've just ordered 2 x100ah Li time batterys one for camper on to on electric fence with solar
@DaveyJones-bj6df did you go the new bluetooth models or the ones with out?
@Off.Track4x4 the ones without .Still thinking of getting a Big Wie for the wife's Raptor
@DaveyJones-bj6df I love the design of the BIG Wei, but if your not thinking of doing long trips in it. Why not look at an all In one? We plug our All powers into the caravan and run the 240v system off it. House black outs you still have power. Take it away camping everything is there in one unit.
Only downside is no Anderson outlet, but I just use a cigarette to Anderson adapter. You can pick up an all in one these days for $1,500