Installing a Lithium (LiFePO4) Battery Bank In Our School Bus Conversion (Lion Energy UT1300)
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 Published On Feb 17, 2020

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In this video we installed 6 Lion Energy 12V 105AH UT1300 Lifepo4 batteries in series and parallel for a total of 315AH's at 24 Volts. I know this looks intimidating to some but you are completely capable of doing this too. Just do your research, be patient with yourself, and when all else fails start using your hands to experiment and learn.

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If you find other deals on this battery let me know at [email protected] and I'll update this description.

I spent more than a year shopping for Lithium Batteries, vetting all of the options between salvaging a Nissan Leaf, buying used battery cells, buying new cells on Alibaba, and buying plug and play USA assembled batteries with a warranty. In the end I wanted local support, a strong warranty, and a reliable company for the peace of mind. I went with Lion Energy over Battle Born because the Lion Energy's are smaller, lighter, and they perfectly fit into the footprint I had created for them, and with a slightly higher capacity too. They have a lifetime warranty (up to 3500 charge cycles) so I am literally guaranteed that they are going to work and last a long long time. 3500 cycles comes out to almost 10 years of constant use.

Now I will fully admit that in this same footprint you could build your own battery bank out of the same brand new cells that are in this battery shipped to you straight from the manufacturer in China and at the time of writing you could probably build double the capacity and still have spent less money. But you're going to have to source and wire your own BMS, build a case to protect them, and will have additional hardware costs as well not to mention your own time and if it doesn't work for some reason it's up to you to fix it. If you're up for that, DO IT! If not, this is the battery I recommend. Once again here's the link: http://www.tinyurl.com/lion-gilligan

Here's the battery cable crimping tool: https://amzn.to/3bPYCKs
Here's the 4/0 cable, heat shrink, and lugs we bought: https://amzn.to/2Ht6JyN
We needed 24 lugs for our project so here are some more lugs: https://amzn.to/3bHlGem
Here are the fuses (we used 150Amps): https://amzn.to/2wki2GZ
Here are the 600 amp bus bars (you could make your own for cheaper and you might not need as much current): https://amzn.to/3275izA
And finally here is the 24V Victron Inverter you see in the video: https://amzn.to/2HJ6lMN

Email me with questions: [email protected]

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