Re: [electricboats] importing batteries wholesale

That's about 50% of the cheapest domestic option and 25% of the more common ones. 

On Mar 10, 2021, at 19:24, Kim Gye <kimgye@shaw.ca> wrote:

Hi Jeff,

Just wondering how much the savings are over buying locally. Glad it has worked out!

Kim Gye

Victoria, BC

On Mar 10, 2021, at 5:39 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere <jeff@stratustalk.com> wrote:

 I second Basen - that is who we ordered from as well.  I think we got the last of the 272AH cells :)  They will only sell me 280AH cells now (or 310, which we haven't tested yet).  My 50 count of 280AH are supposed to arrive on Friday, shipped from California!  If they actually show up on Friday it will be one week from order to delivery, no extra paperwork, but I paid slightly over $100/cell.

Jeff LaCoursiere
s/v Angels Quest
checkout www.aquasparc.com - packs coming soon

On 3/10/21 7:17 PM, Steven Borg wrote:

I successfully ordered 52 272Ah 3.2V Lishen batteries on Alibaba from Basen. I worked with Alex Chen. There was some confusion over the order being shipped -- the wrong shipment data got attached to my order. But all ended up fine in the end.  I tested 8 random batteries (out of the 52) and they turned out to be full power. (I'm no expert, and didn't do a perfect test. I just charged them up to 14.0V (4 in series - and less than a full charge), then hooked up a 12V heater and a shunt to measure. Measured at around 270Ah going from a 95% charge to a 10% charge. So things look great.)

The shipment was SUPER easy. Once I ordered it, I just had to wait. Then in around 7 weeks a FedEx truck showed up at my house and dropped off 26 boxes of very, very well packed batteries.

I feel very confident in re-ordering from Alex Chen at Basen again, and will likely do so again.  Cost, including shipping, was $4,483, which is $86.12 per 272Ah 3.2V LiFePO4 Lishen battery delivered to my door. 

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Jeff LaCoursiere
s/v Angels Quest
St Thomas USVI