Uhome batteries

[Ali Bell]

I have a Lux AC coupled inverter with 2 Uhome LFP 2400 batteries, I am looking to add more batteries to the system but I am not having much luck finding a great choice of sellers for the uhome batteries at a good price however when I google it pylontech batteries come up, at a better price, am I able to mix these battery types, or if not these ones can I add another make, or should I leave the system as it is>?

[Thorfun]

Can you contact LuxPower to ask them if their BMS can handle different manufacturers of batteries?

[Kelvin]

I’d be surprised if they would say it would be ok. The diysolarforum has loads of examples of folk mixing batteries some if it is decidedly dodgy. But it would be a good place to ask. 

[David A]

Hello. Best source of lfp2400 batteries is [company name removed]. I now have 5, soon to be 6 batteries, having started with 2. The main reason being that I now have a heat pump so I need cheap power at a time when it is expensive to buy. 

It is not difficult to add more batteries if you follow the YouTube videos. The new battery should be made the master

[David A]

If you can collect from [removed], you can get a good price

[jack]

2 hours ago, David A said:

Hello. Best source of lfp2400 batteries is [company name removed]. I now have 5, soon to be 6 batteries, having started with 2. The main reason being that I now have a heat pump so I need cheap power at a time when it is expensive to buy. 

It is not difficult to add more batteries if you follow the YouTube videos. The new battery should be made the master

 

Welcome to BuildHub David.

 

I've removed the company name from your posts. I'm definitely not saying you fall into this category, but new members sometimes express a positive opinion about some supplier or other in their first post, and with a bit of digging we find out they're an employee or director of the supplier. The link isn't always that obvious though.

Since we're a strictly non-commerical forum, we don't allow people to post supplier opinions without some sort of posting history.

Thanks for your understanding. 

[David A]

OK. Understand that. Just a pity that my experience in sourcing the batteries cannot be passed on. 

I don't have any relationship with the company, apart from being a satisfied customer