Well… E-BOX is an older model but they still have stock. I am getting reasonably good price but not clearance price. I’m buying in Poland - market may be different there. Reason I decided to go with older model is that in overall it better fits my project.
- with 48 banks I don’t need 100A performance, 50A*48=2400A is plenty enough - 3 Multipluses max out at 1800A which they will never see.
- I do not need heating because bateries will sit at comfortable 18-20 degrees ambient in insulated basement.
- E-BOX price is lower and both models can deliver what I need.
- E-BOX is tad deeper but lower (below 3U) which works better for me as accommodating 4U on 6 27U racks minus 1U for hub would be hard.
- E-BOX is using automotive cells and is several years old which translates to field proven - this is more gut feeling though.
- I can connect 6 strings of 8 E-BOXes with communication hub. I’m buying hub. Not sure which ones I will get because there is version of E-BOX that supports 16 per string (better RS485 chips I guess).
- Stacking batteries logically is a separate topic from daisy chaining power cables - E-BOX supports up to two and V5 up to three so not much difference. I saw people stacking more with provided flexible busbars but I wouldn’t.
- Pytes setup totals at 48 batteries (or 96). I will probably be forced to live in basement for spending that much money already so expansion is … unlikely
