The battery builders club

BenjaminF · October 16, 2020, 4:43pm

For that price, just buy a Malectrics or a kWeld, and have money left over to buy some legit nickel.

joshoujoe · October 16, 2020, 4:46pm

Yep was thinking of getting a malectrics, but gotta save up some more for it.

And for the nickel i’m sure @ZachTetra can sell me some lol

ZachTetra · October 16, 2020, 5:24pm

Depends how much you need homie, we got more in stock

joshoujoe · October 16, 2020, 7:50pm

I m good for now, I still need a new spot welder tho

ZachTetra · October 16, 2020, 8:04pm

I can always just sell you welded groups

MysticalDork · October 16, 2020, 11:09pm

What’s the current best source of cells down in Aussie territory?

will_manners · October 16, 2020, 11:15pm

Woolies.

Don’t listen to the haters. I’m building a 33s10p pack of Energizer AA’s, alkaline is where it’s at, so much cheaper than Molicels

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glyphiks · October 16, 2020, 11:47pm

Vapetraders or techaroundyou. Need a wholesale account tho or retail prices or ludicrous

will_manners · October 17, 2020, 12:19am

If you really want to buy from local sellers you only need an ABN as far as I’m aware to get a wholesale account.

But even then the wholesale prices at tech around you isn’t spectacular.

Samsung 30Q - $6.83 AUD
Samsung 30T - $12.61 AUD
Samsung 40T - $13.13 AUD
Samsung 50E - $10.91 AUD
Sony VTC6 - $8.99 AUD

18650 prices are quite good but imo forget about the value proposition of 21700 cells, they also don’t stock the P42A, not sure what the Vapetraders wholesale price is like but would be fairly similar. I purchased my Molicel P42A’s from Vapcell in China, worked out to $4.50 USD per cell plus 88 USD shipping, which translates to $9.23 AUD per cell shipped. The only downside is the manufacture date is from 2018 so I probably would not suggest going that route.

thaTimeKeeper · October 17, 2020, 2:11am

Where can I buy a good charge port and charger for a 12s4p 21700 43.2v? Is this the place for it this ?

iamasalmon · October 17, 2020, 2:26am

Holy guacamole!
how do you guys even cope?

I woulda had to make my first board with a bunch of lemons and pennies for all that. 12s10p? faaaaaak…

iamasalmon · October 17, 2020, 2:28am

can you be more specific about your requirements? there’s a ton of options out there. the basic charge port is 2.1mm barrel jack , but its meh. some of the aviation connectors are “GOOD” bit bulky-er and pricy-er… both can be found on amazon, ali, ebay…

thaTimeKeeper · October 17, 2020, 2:34am

Sorry, I would like a nicer one does it matter whether its xlr or 3 pin what’s the standard proven charge ports and chargers for 12s

Myke · October 17, 2020, 2:40am

What are you paying for a 30q? Most places in the US are over priced. Nkon was such a good deal but then they cut the US off.

Myke · October 17, 2020, 2:41am

It all depends on how many amps your charger is. That will determine the type of port.

iamasalmon · October 17, 2020, 2:45am

the most I paid was 3 per cell plus ship.
I don’t always buy 30q tho. I like to find cells for $2 or less and buy a ton. but that’s rare. so maybe 2.50 per cell average for 30q, HG6, Tesla, whatever is hot…

Myke · October 17, 2020, 2:47am

Where are you paying $3 a cell? I haven’t bought cells for a year.

iamasalmon · October 17, 2020, 2:59am

me neither. I have piles still from when there was a glut last year

edit: wait, I just bought teslas for 2.50. very nice cells

joshoujoe · October 17, 2020, 4:05am

and I can always do it myself

lol I just love to try things myself and learn, but I’ll ,try to, keep that in mind

Fosterqc · October 17, 2020, 4:06am

does it get cheaper than this??