Suggest home inverter for LiFePO4 battery

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I am in the market for a home inverter with LFP(LiFePo4) battery support. Searched online cant find any in India.
There are some inverter + battery combo I found around ~₹35K, but all of them are all Li-ion chemistry with questionable battery origin and quality.

Please suggest any available. If nothing available at cheaper price will go with Ecoflow Delta 2.
Budget : inverter + 100Ah+ LFP battery ~ 50K
A grade LFP cells 4x100Ah are available around ₹25K. Cant find any LFP inverter so no idea on cost.

Requirement :
Mandatory
  1. 800W+ load capacity
  2. LifePo4 battery support 12V 1024Wh or more
Optional
  1. Inverter monitoring through App
  2. Solar panel support
  3. USB/12V DC output
 
For this I would suggest going to zen Innovation telegram group (he has yt) and ask there. They are dealers and have more experience with products.

According to me Ashapower rover 2.5kva (2000w) 24v inverter (₹26k) with 8s 100ah lifepo4 is best (should be ₹24-27k). For lifepo4, i would suggest jk smart bms.

I haven't found 12v inverter with lifepo4 support.

For inverter best is to find a company that has good service in your area.
 
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Yes. Link is correct

I myself use ashapower. I have 3kva version. It weights 30kg+.
There is no competition when it comes to transformer based inverter.

For your grade A cells, they mention only reliable source is from MDS Manipur. He has grade A Eve 280Ah cells. But he has 1-2 months pre-booking due to higher demand.

I am using Histar 100ah from VippoTech (yt). They seem to be working well.
 
msvsme said:
Yes. Link is correct

I myself use ashapower. I have 3kva version. It weights 30kg+.
There is no competition when it comes to transformer based inverter.

For your grade A cells, they mention only reliable source is from MDS Manipur. He has grade A Eve 280Ah cells. But he has 1-2 months pre-booking due to higher demand.

I am using Histar 100ah from VippoTech (yt). They seem to be working well.
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I has spoken to this MDS guy before. Keep checking his prices once in a while.

Since you know about this, let me ask,
I have 4 normal inverters spread over 2 meters (2 each). EAch 800 to 1100va. With its own Lead acid battery.
I want to convert this to Lithium Iron both to free up space, save money but also to remove maintenance hassle.

What should i get?
 
msvsme said:
For this I would suggest going to zen Innovation telegram group (he has yt) and ask there. They are dealers and have more experience with products.

According to me Ashapower rover 2.5kva (2000w) 24v inverter (₹26k) with 8s 100ah lifepo4 is best (should be ₹24-27k). For lifepo4, i would suggest jk smart bms.

I haven't found 12v inverter with lifepo4 support.

For inverter best is to find a company that has good service in your area.
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@rahuljawale has a 12V setup, need to ask where he got from

Mine is going to be 24V however. Will check your inputs on ASHA POWER out.
 
avinandan012 said:
How many months are your batteries are in use?
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Last 3-4 months i shifted from lead acid to lifepo4.
@Party Monger . You can experiment. But lead acid inverter charging pattern is different from lifepo4.

If I'm right, lifepo4 can be charged till 14.4V for 4s (maybe a little higher). But lead acid inverter can push 14.6/14.8V and 15V+ during equilization. You can use smart bms in this case to protect lifepo4 battery but inverter will shut down.

If you can mitigate this case, then you'll be fine I guess.

But I wouldn't want to experiment like this. Just a hassle. But lifepo4 is the way to go for fast charge and discharge. (I had to shift because my area is cloudy and solar needs to charge the battery fast while it can)
 
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msvsme said:
Last 3-4 months i shifted from lead acid to lifepo4.
@Party Monger . You can experiment. But lead acid inverter charging pattern is different from lifepo4.

If I'm right, lifepo4 can be charged till 14.4V for 4s (maybe a little higher). But lead acid inverter can push 14.6/14.8V and 15V+ during equilization. You can use smart bms in this case to protect lifepo4 battery but inverter will shut down.

If you can mitigate this case, then you'll be fine I guess.

But I wouldn't want to experiment like this. Just a hassle. But lifepo4 is the way to go for fast charge and discharge. (I had to shift because my area is cloudy and solar needs to charge the battery fast while it can)
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I don't mind investing in a completely new setup. What would you reccomend for 2 inverter and 2 batteries. What would be the cost like?
 
Check Aasthamart. Check ashapower official website. Price listed there. For battery contact Vippo.
I have purchased inverter from aasthamart. Battery from vippo (i suggest smart bms with auto balance. JK bms with bluetooth is best).
 
avinandan012 said:
I am in the market for a home inverter with LFP(LiFePo4) battery support. Searched online cant find any in India.
There are some inverter + battery combo I found around ~₹35K, but all of them are all Li-ion chemistry with questionable battery origin and quality.

Please suggest any available. If nothing available at cheaper price will go with Ecoflow Delta 2.
Budget : inverter + 100Ah+ LFP battery ~ 50K
A grade LFP cells 4x100Ah are available around ₹25K. Cant find any LFP inverter so no idea on cost.

Requirement :
Mandatory
  1. 800W+ load capacity
  2. LifePo4 battery support 12V 1024Wh or more
Optional
  1. Inverter monitoring through App
  2. Solar panel support
  3. USB/12V DC output
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I'm using my 8S LFP battery with Ashapower 3024 inverter, and the experience has been really good. The only reason for using Ashapower is that the charging voltages and currents are configurable. You can configure bulk charge voltage, float voltage, charge current, high and low disconnect voltages etc., my values are 28v, 27.8v, 15A (100Ah battery, 0.15C) respectively. These settings translate to 99.5Ah capacity (as reported by the BMS) and ensures that I don't trigger a cell high voltage disconnect by the BMS (due to one cell hitting 3.65 earlier because of imbalance). The battery (8s 24v, 100ah) cost me 35k (with Daly bluetooth BMS, more than a year back), and the inverter was 25k ish, though raw LFP cell prices since have dropped a lot, might get a better deal now.
 
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ze_cook said:
I'm using my 8S LFP battery with Ashapower 3024 inverter, and the experience has been really good. The only reason for using Ashapower is that the charging voltages and currents are configurable. You can configure bulk charge voltage, float voltage, charge current, high and low disconnect voltages etc., my values are 28v, 27.8v, 15A (100Ah battery, 0.15C) respectively. These settings translate to 99.5Ah capacity (as reported by the BMS) and ensures that I don't trigger a cell high voltage disconnect by the BMS (due to one cell hitting 3.65 earlier because of imbalance). The battery (8s 24v, 100ah) cost me 35k (with Daly bluetooth BMS, more than a year back), and the inverter was 25k ish, though raw LFP cell prices since have dropped a lot, might get a better deal now.
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From where did you purchase your LFP cells/ battery?
From where did you purchase Ashapower 3024 inverter? Contact number please.
 
avinandan012 said:
From where did you purchase your LFP cells/ battery?
From where did you purchase Ashapower 3024 inverter? Contact number please.
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Battery was from Yati Infotech on Indiamart, they're nothing special, built the battery to my specs, but sealed the casing using rivets, apparently battery carries an warranty but don't know if that's useful. A bit low on communications but that's par for course for IndiaMART sellers. Battery pulled full capacity according to the BMS, but not sure how accurate that is and I don't have a capacity tester to verify.

Inverter was from Aasthamart, it was listed for 25k and change, I had them customise the battery contacts to use an Anderson connector (battery uses those). Cost me 26k total with the connector.
 
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