What To Look For When Purchasing Lithium Batteries With The 12V Guru 

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Downside of Lithium batteries.......they don't perform well in extreme COLD.

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Can't put lithium batteries under the bonnet as the heat kills them. Can't let them get too cold as that kills them also. Lithium reacts violently when exposed to air or water and cannot be extinguished my normal means. I'll stick to the normal lead acid and agm batteries for the safety reasons alone.

Love what your saying .. But you are selling AGM well short of there capabilities.. AGM are still a good source of affordable power storage .. Especially if you get a high quality battery ... I've had my AGM for over 7 years and look after it ... All you have to do is make sure you dont let it drop below 50% And keep it 100% as much as possible.. So over estimate the power you need . And get panels that provide more than enough power .. My solar on a sunny day has enough output to run all my devices and still put charge into battery .. So battery realy only keeps fridge running at night..

the itech battery looks great inside not sure what your on about, kapton tape and insulated board is standard practice, i bet the cells are held together by something else under that insulated board. the foam is there because we have created standards with battery sizes from years of agm/LA, and they are just using the same case size we would expect for the AH. if you are completely filling a standard size 100ah agm case with lithium cells, and not getting at MINIMUM 120ah you are using very low quality cells that have already been cycled hundreds or thousands of times before you buy the "new" battery. look how small that itech pack is compared to all the others including the invictus one your shilling, i bet thats a torn down itech 100ah compare that to the case chock a block full of cells but only getting 125ah...hmmm something smells fishy....also i am not an itech dickrider, just calling it as i see it. i dont even own a lithium yet but am looking to upgrade and its not gunna be invictus thats for sure. also the first battery you show that had thermal runaway is not a cheap ebay battery, its a solar king, they are going for $1500, not 400-500. which i think is even worse and subtracts value from your mantra that more money = more quality when it is not the case with solar king, there are expensive pieces of junk out there too, not just all sub $500 batterys. if you look at a teardown on the new kings 120ah they look really good, prismatic cells, decent bms, and as low as $400 with a reasonable warranty for the price, honestly not a bad deal it seems. but there are nightmare $500 batterys out there, atem power, mobi, and all the other clones of these are horrid, they use a/b expanding foam inside the case to hold the cells inplace, which deteriates with heat and lets the cells bash around in the case. terrible.

Got 50p trolling motor 100amp solarking battery still going fine(I hope lol)

Hi, was that 2nd battery that was pulled apart an Itechworld battery?

That’s interesting we got a new caravan with the BM pro system but was given two of the first battery with the blue label. Very disappointing the BM pro don’t make sure the whole system is to the up most high standards. I know your going to just blame the dealership but for someone that has no idea about batteries, I would have like to be informed with a company product I’ll be using only supplying me 1/2 a great product

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Seems like every battery has an issue with it except for the Invicta? Important to note these batteries change almost yearly - for instance, the orange lid one has an updated version already.

BMS should be outside of the battery?

I find this to be the same as knocking light globes for led light !! No comparison !there is no comparison should not be compare two different systems ! You will find faults with all products ! Constantly pushing your product ! Invicta !

great video

A lot to take in for a novice like me... I know very little about batteries, but thanks for your video which helps me a lot. One question.... is it good or bad to leave the AGM or Lithium battery on charge all the time while in storage for 6-12 months?

It got me worried too, about hearing about loose (not tightened correctly) internal wire connections inside the battery causing over heating on connections at higher currents on some cheap batteries.

Question.....can I use the MK m34 sld G ...... In a car?????

What do you think about hardkorr batteries ?

Same thing happened to my Solarking lithium battery