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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8767120" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>I have not tested that brand, but my supplier in China (who has done me right on batteries so far) says they perform as advertised, so they should be good. The YingLong brand is solid and of course Toshiba should be good (though I have yet to test the ones I just got). There's another brand that my guy told me is also good. Really depends what you're trying to do. Some are more money for the same AH rating because they're capable of higher charge and discharge rates, so you're trading off burst/peak potential for reserve a little bit between LTO cells. All should be a good value when you compare real-world performance to AGM and that's not even discussing size/weight/cold weather performance/life expectancy. The only thing these won't like is to live up under the hood so you'll ideally want to do a front battery delete and tuck them away somewhere else.</p><p></p><p>I have not used Stetsom amps since the very first 8K so I can't really speak for them, but the old 8K and the 4k2d I ran for a bit were both great for me. That said, they did/(do?) have a reputation for being time bombs. With any full bridge you'd do best to make sure you buy from a vendor that you can trust will provide warranty support or buy Amazon/eBay and pony up for the third party warranty to be safe.</p><p></p><p>I have not used balancing on either of the LTO banks I have here and after 3 years they still perform like they did brand new. IMO even if they only last 5 I'm still ahead of the game from AGM so I wasn't overly concerned about adding complexity. </p><p></p><p>Also consider if you charge only at 14.4 or 14.5 you would do well with just 5S LTO bank, if you're running 6S you would do best to charge up to 15.5 assuming none of your equipment will blow up at that voltage and if you still have that outboard regulator you had. </p><p></p><p>Your existing aluminum bars may or may not fit well with terminals depending which LTO cells you try to use. I've been using copper for mine but that **** is getting expensive these days.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Either. Buy from a legit dealer and you're getting 2 year, no ********, Sundown warranty. Can't really go too far wrong there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8767120, member: 614752"] I have not tested that brand, but my supplier in China (who has done me right on batteries so far) says they perform as advertised, so they should be good. The YingLong brand is solid and of course Toshiba should be good (though I have yet to test the ones I just got). There's another brand that my guy told me is also good. Really depends what you're trying to do. Some are more money for the same AH rating because they're capable of higher charge and discharge rates, so you're trading off burst/peak potential for reserve a little bit between LTO cells. All should be a good value when you compare real-world performance to AGM and that's not even discussing size/weight/cold weather performance/life expectancy. The only thing these won't like is to live up under the hood so you'll ideally want to do a front battery delete and tuck them away somewhere else. I have not used Stetsom amps since the very first 8K so I can't really speak for them, but the old 8K and the 4k2d I ran for a bit were both great for me. That said, they did/(do?) have a reputation for being time bombs. With any full bridge you'd do best to make sure you buy from a vendor that you can trust will provide warranty support or buy Amazon/eBay and pony up for the third party warranty to be safe. I have not used balancing on either of the LTO banks I have here and after 3 years they still perform like they did brand new. IMO even if they only last 5 I'm still ahead of the game from AGM so I wasn't overly concerned about adding complexity. Also consider if you charge only at 14.4 or 14.5 you would do well with just 5S LTO bank, if you're running 6S you would do best to charge up to 15.5 assuming none of your equipment will blow up at that voltage and if you still have that outboard regulator you had. Your existing aluminum bars may or may not fit well with terminals depending which LTO cells you try to use. I've been using copper for mine but that **** is getting expensive these days. Either. Buy from a legit dealer and you're getting 2 year, no ********, Sundown warranty. Can't really go too far wrong there. [/QUOTE]
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