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Hi all. Does anyone have experience with the BMSs from Daly? I'm looking to get a 16s BMS for a DIY li ion battery pack. I have a large box full of li ion 18650 cells and want to make an emergency battery system for home use.

That power outage in Spain motivated me to finish this project.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

All these BMS seem more designed for high amperage solar system storage, generally using LFP batteries. I'm sure it's possible, but it seems like overkill.

Also Li-ion is not something I would keep in the house, especially a home-built pack. There's a high likelihood of fire. I built myself a battery pack with the same sort of cells, and a few weeks in I happened to walk into the garage when the pack started spewing flames out the side. They can be touchy and definitely need temperature sensors/current control.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Good point and this is exactly what I'm trying to make. I want to start with the battery for emergency power and want to add a home made MPPT solar charger to it.

My battery design involves having a thermal fuse of 65C sandwiched in between parallel cells. I will also periodically check the batteries with a thermal camera to see if any are misbehaving.

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