What truck batteries do you use and how long do they last?

I think I'm going to replace my current (Chinesium) Litime Lithium EPU setup 4X100AH with the new 150AH models, even though they are only a year old. I'll sell the old ones or keep them. Showing 150 cycles on the BMS over the last year running them in the freightliner EPU. They've been great.

For $238 a battery it would give 600AH vs 400AH.

Plus, tax deduction.

 

LiTime's are what's running my mini split on my homebrew APU. They are doing great one year in.

No idea of cycles. How do you tell, bluetooth model? Mine are just dumb cheap lithium, 560 AH though.

 

Next lithiums I buy for anything have to have bluetooth. I'd really like to know the cycle count and more info. Doesn't really matter to me on my APU I have so little in the whole system (compared to a TK or Carrier unit).

 

86Scotty I use the Litime store on Amazon, make sure that specific model says BMS and bluetooth. If you download the Iphone app it has the store built in, and you can research different models.

Litime makes a battery monitor display for any system, but it requires wiring in a shunt , and the app works for me. I link my phone to the BT on each battery then you can pull up a custom configuration, either 4 series or 4 parrallel, and it will sync to each battery and give you wattage, voltage in/out, estimated time to either discharge or charge, current and wattage in/out, cycle count, balance and cycle count, and current temperature and software version.

SO yeah, bluetooth BMS is worth it.

 

I have a Victron shunt, monitor and phone app but it won't show me cycle count on my batteries.