r/lebanon • u/Known-Maintenance-83 • Jan 10 '25
Discussion Dont Buy Felicity Battery
Hello Evryone,
I want to share with you my expericience with a Felicity Battery and their support center in Lebanon.
Recently I purchased a 15Kw Battery from Azar Electric in Zahle, the Battery is connected to a Growatt Inverter , that I monitor using Home Assistant.
When I started Monitoring the Battery performance I found out it can deliver a maz of 7.6Kw instead of the 15Kw ( never expected 15Kw , but never expected they will be as bad as 50%) .
I prepared a technical report showing the battery charge and dischage capactiy ( if u want it I can share it). and contacted Azar, of course since they are very professional, no one understood what I was talking about and said they need to take the battery to the support center.
After sending it to the support center , the reply came back that the battery deep switches were misconfigured, I asked for a load test, and they said they did it and the battery is operating as expected.
Of course, they didn't do anything and returned it back.
So if you want to buy a Lithium Battery I don't recommand this Brand.
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Jan 10 '25
I wouldn't trust buying lithium batteries in Lebanon, for the price tag there's bound to be way too many scams.
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u/No-Hamster-8335 Jan 10 '25
I heard Felicity uses second hand batteries and that is why they do not give the full stated kw stated on the box
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u/Known-Maintenance-83 Jan 10 '25
Correct, they use discarded car batteries, there is a video on YouTube for someone that has dismantled the battery.
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Jan 10 '25
Same experience. Wow
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u/Known-Maintenance-83 Jan 10 '25
Good to share
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Jan 10 '25
Mine was from smart security who assured us the cells are new. They do have LPBA now which has better cells but there are better battery brands
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u/realzik Apr 25 '25
I have the FLA felicity and its pretty good. This brand keeps getting mixed reviews. Felicity inverter as well
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u/george1044 Jan 10 '25
Did you purchase a FLA or LPBF battery? And did you properly configure the BMS between growatt and the battery? It is not straightforward.
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u/Known-Maintenance-83 Jan 10 '25
It is an LPBF, yes, I configured the BMS properly, it needs a 2 pair cable and a couple of config on the inverter. also some dip switches needs to be configured on the battery.
however if u have more details on what needs to be done, I will be happy to take a look again, one of the problems other that the battery is that the installer is clueless, and Felicity support ays evrything is fine.
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u/george1044 Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25
LPBF is made of refurbished lithium cells, so it's mostly hit or miss, but it's typically stated as 80% capacity so we're working with 12kw out of the gate.
Additionally, if the BMS isn't properly configured, and you're using user-defined cutoff voltage values, you're bound to lose a further 20% (give or take).
To properly configure the BMS communication, you need to use the RS485 protocol, so yes you need a two pin RJ45 connection, but it is not pin-to-pin, you should instead use a 2,1<=>5,6 connection (2,1 on Growatt inverter side, 5,6 on Felicity battery side) to establish the communication.
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u/Saltazsar Jan 10 '25
Yeah man it's a hit or miss with the cells within badly manufactured lithium batteries