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    Oh sorry I meant to say I ordered 5 days ago and seller wanted 10 days to ship so they didnt ship it yet
    Aha.. ok ok…

    Oh sorry I meant to say I ordered 5 days ago and seller wanted 10 days to ship so they didnt ship it yet
    Your seller said that they dont have stocks and it will take 10 days…Your order might get delayed..
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    oh...i have already contacted this seller. Price is $530 now, but the shipping is expensive. DHL 255$. total 785$.
    Did you receive your item?


    Any comments on this battery pack?
    Asking price is 380,000/-
    Carbon battery
    https://mega.nz/file/SAhTFbYS#XxPhz4nInAusOkC6bgkuPsyivdYJ0dIv-UyVj1JMKvU
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    I don't have any experience or haven't done any research on these batteries. However it seems that LFP are cheaper and smaller in size.
    You can buy LFP 5KWh for around 850USD, and including shipping and duties the total would be around 400K LKR, way cheaper than this one. I have ordered two of these, spent about 500K for batteries, shipping + duties are yet to be paid, guess it would be in 50-60K range.
    If you know around electronic stuff, you can order LFP cells and a BMS, and make your own battery, that would be even cheaper.
     

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    SAKO SUNON PRO 5.5KW ekei SAKO SUNPAX 5.5KW ekai wenasa mokakada?
    Eke comm ports tiyei ne thawa ewa connect karanna, 11kW out karanna configure kalaki 2k

    Battery Lifepo4 daganna.. lead acid wadak na
    Lifepo4 gatte admin service da mchn fb eke? 48V system da haduwe? 16 cells?
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:40 AM

    280 lifepo4 fb eke $104 gane gennala dena eka wage ne laabama option eka, 48V ekak haduwoth 14kWh wage set wei ne battery backup eka🤔
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    Eke comm ports tiyei ne thawa ewa connect karanna, 11kW out karanna configure kalaki 2k


    Lifepo4 gatte admin service da mchn fb eke? 48V system da haduwe? 16 cells?
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:40 AM

    280 lifepo4 fb eke $104 gane gennala dena eka wage ne laabama option eka, 48V ekak haduwoth 14kWh wage set wei ne battery backup eka🤔
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:52 AM

    Cheapest option is the admin service, but there are lot of people who can import items for you, they keep a higher cut compared to the admin service, some people charge absurd amount but some charge very reasonable amount, so do your research when selecting an importer.


    280 lifepo4 fb eke $104 gane gennala dena eka wage ne laabama option eka, 48V ekak haduwoth 14kWh wage set wei ne battery backup eka🤔
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:52 AM

    beware when you order those very hight capacity cells, there is a maximum energy density for any type of cell. so those higher capacity cells may not be good as they say. again, do your research on cells/brands and BMS before purchasing.
    Lot of people are trying to get those SAKO 100Ah/48v battery packs, but i saw some people posted pictures of internal construction of the pack, it doesn't seems to be very well built. just moderate build quality. If you can import good quality Grade A cells and a good BMS, you can build a far better battery yourself for less money.
     
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    Cheapest option is the admin service, but there are lot of people who can import items for you, they keep a higher cut compared to the admin service, some people charge absurd amount but some charge very reasonable amount, so do your research when selecting an importer.




    beware when you order those very hight capacity cells, there is a maximum energy density for any type of cell. so those higher capacity cells may not be good as they say. again, do your research on cells/brands and BMS before purchasing.
    Lot of people are trying to get those SAKO 100Ah/48v battery packs, but i saw some people posted pictures of internal construction of the pack, it doesn't seems to be very well built. just moderate build quality. If you can import good quality Grade A cells and a good BMS, you can build a far better battery yourself for less money.
    Thank you mchn, I have also seen the Sako battery issues posted on that group, so going to make a 24V battery pack by my self, hoping to buy that A grade cells, thank you again for the info 😀
     
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    Inverter is overpriced, but that is the local price ATM,
    Overall, price is okay, given the situation. however please try to go for a batter battery pack if you can, like LiFePO4, you can manage with Lead acid for now, try to order LFP cells or prebuilt battery now and you can sell your lead acid when your LFP are ready.
    Please check what are the accessories included, you must include AC SPD, DC SPD and a Changeover, and few breakers/fuses and isolators, lot of companies try to exclude those to cut cost, these are essential to protect your inverter from lighting surges coming from solar panels or the grid.

    I got the Growatt SPF5000ES for 2.80, but i have paid when the USD was around 250LKR. they have sent a newer inverter called SPF5000ES Pro, it include quick connectors for everything, input/output. inverter came fitted with MC4 from the factory. extremely convenient to connect and disconnect.
    Do we need to have a AC spd when we don’t use a hybrid inverter? I have ordered all kind of DC breakers, dc spds, fuses, manual solar line isolators, battery protection fuses, breakers etc.. Thought main line can ensure AC line protection for surges 🤔

    What about Sako inverter bro?
    Didn’t saw any bad comment on fb, Thama loku kaalayak use karapu aya nathuwa atine e nisa sure na, eka thama aduma option eka admin service tibbe ne
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    Do we need to have a AC spd when we don’t use a hybrid inverter? I have ordered all kind of DC breakers, dc spds, fuses, manual solar line isolators, battery protection fuses, breakers etc.. Thought main line can ensure AC line protection for surges 🤔


    Didn’t saw any bad comment on fb, Thama loku kaalayak use karapu aya nathuwa atine e nisa sure na, eka thama aduma option eka admin service tibbe ne
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:38 PM
    තව එකක් තිබ්බ හැබැයි ලොකු ගානෙ වෙනසක් නෑ. මොකක්ද දන්නෙ නෑ හොඳ. ඒ අස්සෙ උං සර්විස් එක නවත්තල නේ. මම ගන්න බලාගෙන හිටියෙ. ඔයා ඒකෙන් බඩු අරගෙන තියේද?

    මම අද පැනල් ටිකත් ගත්ත මෙහෙන් වැඩේට එන්ටර් වෙන්නම. උන් සර්විස් එක නොදුන්නොත් තමයි විනාස :eek:
     

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    තව එකක් තිබ්බ හැබැයි ලොකු ගානෙ වෙනසක් නෑ. මොකක්ද දන්නෙ නෑ හොඳ. ඒ අස්සෙ උං සර්විස් එක නවත්තල නේ. මම ගන්න බලාගෙන හිටියෙ. ඔයා ඒකෙන් බඩු අරගෙන තියේද?
    Mama ara genath na mchn, temporary ne nawattala tiyenne, usd walin yaluwekta kiyala pay karanna hitiye, ara block eka nisa karanna widihak na dan, dan mppt ekai , curutu inverter ekka hadanne, passe yanawa hybrid with lifepo4
     
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    Mama ara genath na mchn, temporary ne nawattala tiyenne, usd walin yaluwekta kiyala pay karanna hitiye, ara block eka nisa karanna widihak na dan, dan mppt ekai , curutu inverter ekka hadanne, passe yanawa hybrid with lifepo4
    බෑන්ක් එකෙන් ක්‍රෙඩිට් කාඩ් වලට දෙන්නෙ නැද්ද බං? රික්වෙස්ට් කරල බලන්න. මොකක්ද බ්ලොක් එක බං?
    උං හැබැයි කොච්චර දවසක් යයිද දන්නෙ නෑ ආයිත් අන්බ්ලොක් කරන්න. curutu inverter ඒ මොකක්ද?
     

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    බෑන්ක් එකෙන් ක්‍රෙඩිට් කාඩ් වලට දෙන්නෙ නැද්ද බං? රික්වෙස්ට් කරල බලන්න. මොකක්ද බ්ලොක් එක බං?
    උං හැබැයි කොච්චර දවසක් යයිද දන්නෙ නෑ ආයිත් අන්බ්ලොක් කරන්න. curutu inverter ඒ මොකක්ද?
    $150 ne sampath puluwan? Oka request karanna bank call karana eka wadayak nisa crypto yaluwekta yawala, Eyagen order danna hitiye. Carutu inverter witharai, battery to AC

    Check out this product on Alibaba App New type top sale vehicle multifunctional pure sine wave solar inverter 2000w with display screen
    https://m.alibaba.com/product/16002...7.8.2_share","cacheTime":"1800000"}}&from=IOS
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    $150 ne sampath puluwan? Oka request karanna bank call karana eka wadayak nisa crypto yaluwekta yawala, Eyagen order danna hitiye. Carutu inverter witharai, battery to AC

    Check out this product on Alibaba App New type top sale vehicle multifunctional pure sine wave solar inverter 2000w with display screen
    https://m.alibaba.com/product/1600259441624/New-type-top-sale-vehicle-multifunctional.html?__sceneInfo={"type":"appDetailShare","data":{"filterKey":"7.8.2_share","cacheTime":"1800000"}}&from=IOSView attachment 171280
    මෙයින් එකකට 40ක් 50ක් යට කරනවට වැඩිය අර ගෲප් එකෙන් හොඳ 5.5Kw Hybrid Inverter එකක් ගන්න එක ලාබ නැද්ද බං?
    BOC හෙම සතියට ලක්ෂයක් දෙනව
     

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    මෙයින් එකකට 40ක් 50ක් යට කරනවට වැඩිය අර ගෲප් එකෙන් හොඳ 5.5Kw Hybrid Inverter එකක් ගන්න එක ලාබ නැද්ද බං?
    BOC හෙම සතියට ලක්ෂයක් දෙනව
    Laabai ne mchn, dan tiyena ewa panic buying, 13 hours power cut ekedi gatta, himin admin service gennala hybrid hadanawa passe 😅
     
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    Do we need to have a AC spd when we don’t use a hybrid inverter? I have ordered all kind of DC breakers, dc spds, fuses, manual solar line isolators, battery protection fuses, breakers etc.. Thought main line can ensure AC line protection for surges 🤔


    Didn’t saw any bad comment on fb, Thama loku kaalayak use karapu aya nathuwa atine e nisa sure na, eka thama aduma option eka admin service tibbe ne
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:38 PM

    Yes, you must have AC SPD, in fact that is more important than DC SPD. you have a way less probability for getting lighting surges via pv side(you need to ground frame of the solar panels separately). but grid is susceptible for lighting surges all the time, not only directly lightning but also induced surges as well. As i have heard, most common cases for inverter failures are,
    1 - Lighting
    2 - Accidentally connect grid supply to the inverter output, (people are directly connecting the inverter output to a wall plug), this can avoid by using a changeover.

    Honestly, people went for SAKO inverters due to its price, 3KW was about 75K LKR and 5KW was about 1.20K LKR when the USD was 200. that is the main reason people went for SAKO, not due to the quality.
    I think Epever/MPP solar are better choices in terms of quality, especially MPP Solar. Growatt is also a better brand but it is bit expensive, Growatt inverters are popular in US/Australia/South Africa etc. and it is with a better support, so i want with growatt.
    You can hardly find any reviews in the internet for SAKO inverters.

    තව එකක් තිබ්බ හැබැයි ලොකු ගානෙ වෙනසක් නෑ. මොකක්ද දන්නෙ නෑ හොඳ. ඒ අස්සෙ උං සර්විස් එක නවත්තල නේ. මම ගන්න බලාගෙන හිටියෙ. ඔයා ඒකෙන් බඩු අරගෙන තියේද?

    මම අද පැනල් ටිකත් ගත්ත මෙහෙන් වැඩේට එන්ටර් වෙන්නම. උන් සර්විස් එක නොදුන්නොත් තමයි විනාස :eek:
    There are other importers who does import off grid stuff for you for a reasonable price. not cheap as the admin service but very reasonable, or else you can import an inverter by yourself no big deal.
     

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    I don't have any experience or haven't done any research on these batteries. However it seems that LFP are cheaper and smaller in size.
    You can buy LFP 5KWh for around 850USD, and including shipping and duties the total would be around 400K LKR, way cheaper than this one. I have ordered two of these, spent about 500K for batteries, shipping + duties are yet to be paid, guess it would be in 50-60K range.
    If you know around electronic stuff, you can order LFP cells and a BMS, and make your own battery, that would be even cheaper.
    Can you send the seller and product link please. Im planning to get a 5kwh lipo..
     

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    Do we need to have a AC spd when we don’t use a hybrid inverter? I have ordered all kind of DC breakers, dc spds, fuses, manual solar line isolators, battery protection fuses, breakers etc.. Thought main line can ensure AC line protection for surges 🤔


    Didn’t saw any bad comment on fb, Thama loku kaalayak use karapu aya nathuwa atine e nisa sure na, eka thama aduma option eka admin service tibbe ne
    ------ Post added on May 13, 2022 at 10:38 PM

    I think i might have missed this part when writing the previous reply Do we need to have a AC spd when we don’t use a hybrid inverter?

    If you are not charging via the grid(say, you are using inverter and solar charge controller as separate units), then you can skip the AC SPD. however having one is an advantage, it will protect other household appliances from surges coming from the grid(when you are using grid power)

    Can you send the seller and product link please. Im planning to get a 5kwh lipo..
    I ordered SAKO pack via admin service