Any one use this active balancing BMS with Bluetooth, RS485 :
1A/2A Active Balance BMS Battery Protection Board 13S ~ 24S 100A 300A CAN RS485 GPS APP Lifepo4 li-ion LTO 48V 16S 20S 60V 72V
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001192978656.html
They are expensive !
They claimed 0.6A, 1-2A balancing current (see table) depending on model. With all those fancy RS485 + Bluetooth, GPS module etc. at over 100.-USD. I asked the seller whether the GPS is for navigating, tracking riding route via google map, OR, I can remotely pinpoint the exact location of this BMS (with batt pack and the bike) in case someone rides it away. But the latter should need cellular network, right ?
Waiting for the answer.
But, are they really that good for the investment ? Or it is just nice to have (for tweaking) to precisely play with the parameters.
[Does it balance the pack all the time (when we turn on the batt pack and/or this BMS, NOT when in storage) ? I guess that if we leave it to balance all the time and it might drain the pack to death if something goes wrong.]
Should we really do that ?
EDIT : I think the above paragraph in
blue I originally posted is wrong. Any programmable BMSs should be able to set balancing limit between certain HVC & LVC and NOT "balance all the time"
I never balance my pack at all after 2 years and 300+ charges and rides. It is 14S5P of LG18650MJ1. Though it is always off a bit (20-30mV diff btwn the highest and lowest S groups) but still in good condition and going strong. My current BMS is JBD 14S 60A and I never detect any serious problem with it, except that app on my phone crashed several times along the way. I uninstalled the old one and re-installed, worked evertime - usage data intacted. Another improvement is that the bluetooth range should be much longer, like wifi or even cellular network. So I do not have to be very close to the bike in order to check battery condition. But I have never seen anything available rather than that tiny bluetooth module that is effective only within 5-10 meter max.
This is the BMS link I bought about 2 yrs ago :
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32794186005.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dyGaU27
And below is the new BMS I asked in this post (active balancing 0.6A, 1-2A) whether anyone use it before. Is it worth to buy one since it is not cheap ? I am considering one for my new pack of 20S3P Samsung21700-40T :