Cheap Server Rack Batteries - Heres What You Get..

[@TheSolarLab]

🛒 EG4 Server Rack Batteries: • Signature Solar: signaturesolar.com/eg4-ll-s-lithium-battery-48v-100ah-server-rack-battery-ul1973-ul9540a-10-year-warranty-pre-order/?ref=thesolarlab • Use Code: THESOLARLAB50 for $50 Off Your Order • Shop Solar: shopsolarkits.com/products/eg4-ll-gyll-lithium-battery-v2?ref=TheSolarLab&variant=41798635487372 • Use Code: THESOLARLAB50 for $50 Off Your Order 🛒 Vatrer Server Rack Battery • Amazon: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CFXZ92N2?maas=maas_adg_51C7C02528FE584FAC8CAC8AF67EB647_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas • Vatrer Power : www.vatrerpower.com/en-ca/products/vatrer-51-2v-100ah-rack-mounted-lithium-solar-battery-for-canada?sca_ref=6947020.Z6iACItkpHGRvt 🔔 Subscribe to our KZbin Channel: @TheSolarLab 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Spec Tear Down 3:05 - Testing 6:09 - What's Inside? 7:30 - Conclusion After Vatrer Power reached out to us several times, we finally agreed to review their server rack battery. It comes in slightly cheaper than the "name brand" server rack batteries, so we ran it through some testing to see if it stacks up to our favorite batteries from EG4. In Today's video, we share our opinion on whether or not you should try to save some money, or pay a small premium for batteries from an established brand. ⚡️ FOLLOW US: instagram.com/thesolarlab/ www.tiktok.com/@thesolarlab 👨🏼‍💻 The Solar Lab: www.thesolarlab.com We maintain an affiliate relationship with some of the products reviewed, which means we get a small percentage of a sale if you click our links, at no cost to our viewers.

[@OP-fd4lh]

The problem with the name brand batteries you mentioned is the shipping price makes it over $400 difference, not just $100. Shipping in the US is around $300+ for the name brands alone where as I can pick this up on multiple sites with free shipping.

[@ChrisEpler]

$870 for the revised model with BLACKOFF coupon, decent if you don't need communication, great for a handtruck battery.

[@tlteal]

I have 6 of these batteries and originally purchased one to try it out. Then pulled the trigger and bought another 5. They have been dead ass reliable. They don't have all the wizzbang features of the EG4 or othrs but for the price I paid (around $970 then) was well worth it.

[@UnkyjoesPlayhouse]

Bought one last month, no regrets a solid battery. Free shipping is one of the reasons I bought this battery, you really need to make that clear when you compare it to the EG4 cost, there is normally a $300-400 difference when you factor in shipping.

[@cmault]

Including taxes and shipping at the pretty normal discounted price - this is well over a $400 savings per battery. Working great for me - I bought 5 and no issues.

[@sia3540]

I got one and have both of the EG4 batteries. I paid $996. I LOVE THIS BATTERY! The price is not just $100 more with shipping. 300+

[@xjchris4209]

I have 4 of these in my system 6 months so far zero issues! $1,023 shipped no tax etc is a great deal. Look little deeper into the cells, I can't build these myself for what they are charging

[@Zodiac83104]

You got 4 for $1000?

[@xjchris4209]

@@Zodiac83104 no $1,023 shipped each.

[@galleeightze1378]

No, each 😅

[@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023]

Just bought 2 for $889.00 each shipped $1778 total delivered. Have a 10 year warranty now if the company still exists. Checked eg4s as my first choice but at 1299.00 each plus $350 shipped and tax came to over $3k. Saved $1200 that paid for the 3k eg4 inverter, wiring , and accessories. Just for a test setup to play with and collect data. They do have wall mounts with communication ports for another $200. I'm guessing in about 3 years the technology will change and these batteries will go the way of lead acid.

[@goodcitizen4587]

Hundreds cheaper than the others. Seems pretty nice.

[@ahaveland]

I live in the EU and got one of these from Germany after seeing a few reviews. Spent several minutes chatting with support on the web site, mentioned various KZbinrs and built up a level of comfortability with their level of support, and also haggled a little successfully. It's currently in standby with a 3kW off-grid inverter waiting for a power cut so it'll the keep fridge and computers running, or be used for mobile applications in the field, such as rescuing EVs or camping, tools etc...

[@szki272]

I bought one of these because Eg4 batteries were $300 to ship. after I made my purchase I found a company shipping Eg4s for free. When I went to upgrade to more batteries I went to order Eg4s but they were on pre-order. about 5 to 6 weeks before they would be shipped. So I ordered 2 more of these. Strangely enough, the new ones were a slightly different size. One batch was slightly taller and narrower width-wise than the other.

[@italozavarella5460]

Hello 👋 I may say you guys do a great job reviewing the products in a clear, easy way to understand 😃😃

[@davidbreeden9070]

There are several good reviews on this battery in English which helped me feel ok about picking up a couple for about 930 each including shipping. Yea, no coms port, but still a step up from my simple 12v drop type without BT, temp protection, screen, breaker and so on at nearly the same price. At the time the eg4s where 1399+shipping so

[@quellcristfalconer9457]

That thing used the same BMS I used for my 64v eboard that I built like 5 years ago lol. Really cheap, but also quite easy to replace.

[@Moes_Prep_and_Tech]

The only reason I would buy that would be for a cheap way to extend the run time of my Ecoflow Delta Pro Ultra during and emergency or bad weather. I wouldn't hook it up to a All in one Inverter if it can't communicate with it properly.

[@tlteal]

Yep I use it to extend the Delta Pro, Delta Pro Ultra and also an external inverter 6000w to handle loads in case of emergency and if crap really hits the fan.

[@fauxque5057]

I'll stick to my cheap primitive cave manning. 4- 12v batteries in series. I don't care about monitoring them. I haven't looked at my system in months. Only thing I care about is if I generate and store enough power to run my house through the night.

[@NeverTakeNoCut-offs]

The "name" brand batteries in this category are double the price of this thing.

[@alexherrera3918]

In my case is not 100 saving it is in 960 in amazon , shipping included. In signature solar the is a promotion of shipping og flat 350 so its is about 400 or more on saving for me . Plus EG4 told me that i can use it as open comunication.

[@memyself3693]

Have one, free shipping and quality build !

[@thedabbler2753]

I have one of these. Will get around to a video some time, suffice to say it's been great so far.

[@TenorDad]

I like the EG4 LL too. Thank you for validating my research and thank you for the discount code!

[@SureGT21]

$355 in shipping costs plus another $100 isn't worth it. I would rather buy this Vatrer than throw my money away.

[@solargloater8059]

Vatrer battery was a great deal at $1023 free shipping. Using it paralleled with Lifepower 4s. Seems to discharge and top end charge faster than the Lifepowers. Very happy with it.

[@SolarTechFL]

Like as in less capacity 😂 lol jk

[@Thunderontheroad]

Amazon free shipping, from Connected or Signature $300+ for shipping. Amazon is $939 so $330 cheaper than EG4 then add shipping and taxes $723 cheaper. Do I want EG4 yes absolutely am I buying one no. I get it shipping isn’t cheap but all the good companies now have some of the most expensive shipping I’ve ever seen which is driving me to order things on amazon. I can ship a 1,800 pond big truck transmission and rear end cheaper than I can get solar components something’s not right.

[@saljacquez9060]

I have three of them. I bought them brand new at $1023. They are excellent. They do not fit well and EG4 server rack though. I could only get three batteries in the six slot server rack. They are too tall and I had to use every other slot.

[@saljacquez9060]

I have 3 of these batteries. They are a bit larger and don't fit in my EG4 6 battery enclosed rack. Vartrer says i need a 4U rack. Do you know of a 3 slot and a 6 slot 4U rack with a built in busbar ?

[@SuperSushidog]

If you're going to go cheap, like I did, then just build your own battery from the raw cells. That way you can use the BMS and other components you want. I built my own 320ah 48v 16.4 kwh battery from the new EVE m31 cells including a smart 200a 48v BMS, flexible bus bars, etc. for around $1,800. Three EG-4 server rack batteries (still 20ah less than mine) would be $3,900 on sale. A $2,100 price savings is significant.

[@kentm7839]

I am really not sure why more people don't build their own. I did the same, saved at least 50% as you said and I know I have good cells. No one ever talks about what kind of cells are in these rack mounted.

[@CorwinPatrick]

Plus, you can buy kit boxes that have all the features (when they are not sold out).

[@SuperSushidog]

@@CorwinPatrick Or you can configure your battery to fit your available space. I configured my 16s 48v battery so all the cells are lined up in a row because the space where I needed to put it, under my bed, was only 12" wide, though the length of the bed. On the other hand, I was able to configure my 12v 560ah 2p4s battery, so it fit under the steps of my motorhome where my original 2 GC2 golf cart batteries used to reside. If I went with a pre-assembled battery, this space would only hold 2 100ah LiFePo-4s batteries, giving me almost 3 times the storage capacity in this same small space.

[@CorwinPatrick]

@@SuperSushidog Not surprising. Custom situations require custom solutions. Congrats on getting it all in there.

[@ahaveland]

Makes sense if you don't need a box and your time is worth less than a dollar an hour.

[@danakaiser2934]

I have 4 of the older type 48 volt and 3 of the new 51.2 batteries for about a year have had no issues. Don't use the communication function on any of my batteries. I believe the bms is a jbd. And the overkill app will work with these batteries

[@pteepan2708]

They are all 48v units but they are now labelling 51.2v Until they change the name(voltage) on every 48v product, you are building a 48v system. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Make sure you include photos of Victron and other top brands advertising 51.2v inverters. Yes your battery even can charge higher than 51.2v and inverters have a wide range volt it works with but as of today we either call it 12v 24v 36v 48v

[@danakaiser2934]

@pteepan2708 the old version only had a 15 cell bank. The new version has 16 cells. Just didn't state it that way. But yes all are a 48 volt system

[@Tanker_Wanker]

EG4 for an extra hunnit. No brainer

[@shelley131]

Like you said EG4LL all day long, plug you speak to a human every time you dial even on weekends. I love my EG4LL.

[@Moes_Prep_and_Tech]

Im looking at their Website, it turns out You SAVE a dollar for each additional battery you BUY. How COOL is That? lol

[@EGbattEnergy]

Now the price should be much cheaper?

[@grindychum]

The AOLithium rack batterys have been selling for $900 lately

[@saljacquez9060]

@@grindychum how many batteries fit in the AOlithium rack battery?

[@jah-jah87]

Ive been waiting for this episode for so long.🎉🎉🎉

[@shauncb]

AOlithium?

[@tinysparky]

Going to jump in and act like a bot (first several are all fake posts...) I also own 632 of these batteries. So good going to order 49 more. Super safe. You order more.

[@iamblaineful]

I am strongly against 100Ah cells in a server rack form factor. I've built 4 server rack using GobelPower and EEL cases w/ JK BMS and 304Ah EVE cells. They are 15Kwh each, versus those 5Kwh. They cost me $800 more to build than buying a pre-built 100Ah. I would have needed 12 EG4-LL rack mount modules to match the 4 cases I built to reach my targeted 60Kwh storage. They talk to each other and my EG4 inverter just fine.

[@pteepan2708]

Finally a smart person. I will do the same, stop pushing these silly 100Ah units, that people are buying 3~7 units. Yes weight is an issue for a moment, once in place who moving them all the time?

[@chimpo131]

ok Boomer 😂

[@pteepan2708]

How are your Gobel Power pack working, I seen many good reviews about them.

[@OP-fd4lh]

@@pteepan2708 I am also curious about how he's doing. I am intrigued by the ones he mentioned along with the Basen Green 51.2 Volt kit.

[@kevinholland4156]

I am not going to get a server rack battery now, but the tear-down was informative and I wanted to know if the same quirks are found on their 100AH 12-volt battery.

[@jeepxj]

Are you guys going the growatt infinity 1300? i'm after a 1.1-1.5kwh unit with wireless charging on top that isnt shit.

[@kibaamadeus9511]

Great review

[@fly4fun24]

that right there is a Big NO NO... No com port and a Crapy AP... I don't even need to keep watching, but I will in consideration to your hard work by putting this video together, good job

[@raymondpetersen3543]

I have 5 of the server rack ones and 8 of the 12 volt ones they are far better than my other Lipo4 batteries not going to name the EW ones lol

[@kalebdaark100]

Nice informative video. But I have to admit, you got the 'Like' for the sentence "I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit." 😆

[@Moes_Prep_and_Tech]

it kind of urks me everyone uses Celsius

[@kalebdaark100]

@@Moes_Prep_and_Tech Well most of the rest of the world uses Celsius, a scale tied to the states of water and originally Fahrenheit is a scale set from zero being the freezing point of "brine", Fahrenheit is a silly scale to cling to. You may not like it, but it's the US that's being awkward.

[@Moes_Prep_and_Tech]

@@kalebdaark100 It might be silly, it might not be not, but I live in the U.S. And I think a Majority of KZbinrs are in the U.S. So I think they should use U.S. Measurements. There has been a lot of times where I see 32 degrees and think it's cold because I think it's in Fahrenheit, United States is the Super Power here. If it's catered to us. Use our system so it won't confuse the Base majority of those who watch it

[@TheSiprianus]

​@@kalebdaark100 You will be surprised at the ratio of how much non-Americans consumed American contents on American-centered platforms compared to how much American consumed non-American contents on any kind of platform.

[@kalebdaark100]

@@Moes_Prep_and_Tech How do you know that the majority of those that watch it are from the United States?

[@bradbiesecker162]

Why do you use swear words in your videos? It adds nothing to the content and quality of the video. And I otherwise like your videos

[@chimpo131]

lol fet gucked boomer

[@Gary-wh7ce]

Thanks for the video, but I will pass on the battery.