Building DIY 12V Lithium Battery! - LiFePo4 Project - Part 3/5

Watch ALL 5 videos on our Patreon NOW: https://www.patreon.com/sailingamari This is Episode 3 of a 5 Part Series on our huge lithium upgrade! In thie episode we get down to the important stuff. How to actually put these 3.2v cells together into a 12v LiFePo4 battery! We discuss parallel vs series, and show how we have arranged these batteries for our 600Ah build! Topped off with a BMS and Victron Smart Sense, they are ready to get installed to the whole system! Part List: 300Ah 3.2V Cells Alibaba - https://m.alibaba.com/product/1600180911477/CATL-3.2v-302ah-Deep-Cycle-batteries.html?__sceneInfo=%7B%22cacheTime%22%3A%221800000%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22appDetailShare%22%7D Daly 120A BMS - Aliexpress - https://a.aliexpress.com/_mq40z1Q Victron Smart Sense - US: https://amzn.to/3tPBDuH UK: https://amzn.to/3GJlOJC Tabletop Charger (Top Balanceing) US: https://amzn.to/3FEUIBM UK: https://amzn.to/3qwvjpD 5A Active Balancer - Aliexpress - https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0V0Pq0 Battery Monitor Displays - US: https://amzn.to/3Fvvmq9 UK: https://amzn.to/3tAaJqg Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Series vs Parallel 2:58 - Installing in Battery Box 5:54 - Install BMS 11:58 - BMS Troubleshooting Guide 13:52 - Understanding the Battery 14:55 - Do I need an Active Ballancer? 15:30 - Capacity Controller 15:55 - Installing Victron Smartsense 17:11 - Finished 600Ah Battery Anyway, enjoy the video, dont forget to leave us a comment, like and subscribe, and all those wonderful things! Keep up to date with us on Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/sailingamari/ https://www.instagram.com/_lauraacamp... https://www.instagram.com/roamandretr... https://www.instagram.com/__petercamp... Listen to our Podcast “Below Deck” here: https://spoti.fi/3nmEyUz To support us, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sailingamari Or you can send a donation to our PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=K2TGH5MDAB2TJ Follow us on Facebook for more updates and blog posts! https://www.facebook.com/sailingamari All music from Epidemic Sound, get it here - https://bit.ly/2LaPZSg For any business enquiries, email: sailingamari@gmail.com #Sailing #SailingAmari #Amari #Elan #Elan434 #ElanImpression #lifepo4 #diylithium #lithium #lithiumionbatteries