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HopeLoveLife:
Hopefully they won’t reduce limit too.

GTB has, Stanbic is just a matter of time

aieromon:

They don't want us to shine

mryemite:
HI GUYS, PLEASE ANYONE WHO HAVE RETURNED AN ITEM ON ALIEXPRESS BACK TO CHINA.

I HAVE AN ITEM (WATCH) TO RETURN FOR REFUND, NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO SO VIA NIPOST AND THE PRICE.
THANKS.

I've returned a phone for repair, that was like four years ago. You can use NIPOST as they have the best rate amongst other couriers just be ready to wait for at least six weeks.

amstamon:
I uploaded a video of the bad screen already installed on the phone(with the store sticker still on it).
Should I accept or reject the proposal? Cos I'm confused

That's a tough one. I think (here is me just thinking o) that you should reject the proposal and edit the old proposal to add other things to make the case in your favour.

Moneyboyz:
Thank you, the batteries are relatively new, about a month old.

Also I'm connecting in series and Parallel.
A total of 10 12v 12ah battery, 5 connected in series to make 60v 12ah and another 5 connected in parallel to make 12v 60ah (as external)
I have a 60v 5ah charger

I don't know if connecting 60v 12ah to 12v 60ah will give me 60v 60ah or 72v 72 ah

Also the cost of getting the lithium battery custom built is alarming, I have to spend about 400k to get the desired 60v 30 or 40 ah capacity I desire.

You may need to understand the basics of battery connection.

First, you cant connect 60V 12ah (60*12 = 720watthour) in parallel to 12v 60ah (720watt hour). They may be able to store the same energy, but the voltages in parallel MUST be equal. Since 60v is not equal to 12v, you cannot put it in parallel, if you do the 60V system will attempt to charge the 12V. Also you cannot also add this battery in series- your motor is a 60v motor, a 72v may likely burn the controller and/motor.

I'll suggest you get someone who knows about batteries and connections or you may simply Google "Rules Guiding Battery's Series and Parallel Connections".

Moneyboyz:
Okay so regarding my electric bike issue and the high cost of lithium battery.

I've decided to get another set of new 5 pieces of 12v 12ah batteries and connect them in parallel to make 12v 60ah.
Meanwhile I have 5 pieces of 12v 12ah installed inside already which makes up a 60v 12ah series connection.

Now my question is if I add another 12v 60ah and join it together with the 60v 12ah I have there before, will the increase to 60v 60 ah or 72v 72ah

I need to know before I burn my scooter brainbox.

Lemme get your info straight.

1) You have 5 nos of 12v 12ah batteries which you have been using for a while?

2) You want to get another brand new 5 nos of 12v 12ah battery and connect both the old and new battery in parallel to boost capacity?

Do I have it correct?

If yes, then there are two problems

1) It is not recommended to add old batteries to new batteries. If you do, the old batteries will make the new ones weak due to a lot of factors relating to the battery's age differences.

2) Assuming both batteries can be paralleled without issues, you'll have issues with charging. Assuming it takes 4 hours to charge it full using the old charger the ebike came with, you are now left with a charger that will take 8 hours to fully charge the batteries.

When you connect these two batteries in parallel, the voltage will remain the same and therefore it won't damage the motor controller. Because what you'll have is 60V but @ 120AH (the battery capacity will double with the voltage remaining the same).

Before I forget, someone here offered to build you a new pack using 18650, did you not take him up on the offer or the cost is not something you'll like to work on at the moment?

Because I'm looking at the space, I doubt it could fit in another set of 5nos of 12ah batteries unless you are planning on building an external battery bank.

amstamon:
Please house, I'm so confuse if i should accept or reject sellers proposal on an item I disputed.
This whole dispute thing started on Feb 28 when I opened a dispute on a screen I bought. After uploading my evidence, aliexpress stepped in and offer to refund part of the payment or make a full refund if I chose to return the item back to the seller.
Of course I refused, cancelled the dispute, and reopen another dispute for a full refund without returning the item.
Now I'm confused if I should accept or reject the seller proposal, of which his comments is totally different from proposal refund.
Please house, help me seek to this.
Please house, I'm waiting for response

Do you have the unboxing video of the screen? If yes, did you upload it before this new proposal?

Specyano:
First bank at $50 limit, what's the rate of gtb currently

GTB is still $100/month.

Stanbic IBTC is same $100/month @ ₦479/$

Valto:
Air frieght na no go area na. 8pcs of EVE 280K cells weigh around 5.5kg x 8=44kg, plus about 3kg packaging weight =47kg.
47kg x 14$/kg/(battery goods rates) = 658$
plus customs charges per kg 600x 47kg=28200
so u spend a total of 658x 580= 381640+28200=#409840. on just air frieght that will still take more than one month before arrival.

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cells are in Nigeria, there are 100ah, 120ah, 105ah, even 280ah readily available and cheaper in Nigeria.

I agree with everything you've said.

I don't do air freight for any cargo bigger than 4kg.

Did a 1.2kg and ended up spending $25. Fair enough.

Zenith Bank suspends International ATM & reduces web limit to $20. @Citibank increases daily ACH limit to $1M (from $100k)

abilityC:
maybe it used to be easy then or im not getting things right, I've settled for air freight costing almost more than the battery itself.
I tried paying with my virtual usd cards for multiple attempts now and even paypal that works for every other international transaction is being declined at Alibaba, the thing just d stress me!
Im looking at using International wire transfer now

Echoing @Valto's point, you may consider buying it in Naija.

USD rates these days is not as favourable as it used it. Also many banks no longer have great monthly USD rate with many stopping in March.

I heard (not sure) Zenith is now 20USD/month.

Access is now ₦550/$

First bank at ₦499.99

I think the only guys with better rate now is GTB @ ₦490/$ and capped at $100/month...so you'll need like 9 cards to pay for your 8 batteries.

Do not consider using air freight, you are better off buying it in Naija especially considering you are buying like 8.

But if you still want to go ahead, consider using sea shipping ETA like 4 months.

toluxa1:
Access Bank is 570 today. Those people are criminals.

I really hope they'd refund me at this rate

My refund still pending since 16 business days

abilityC:
The seller im settling for is https://docantech.en.alibaba.com/product/1600262451674-828278985/Docan_Tech_Grade_A_LF280K_6000_cycles_EV_280AH_Lifepo4_3_2V_Lithium_Ion_Phosphate_Battery_Cells_Houston_Stocks.html?spm=a2700.shop_index.152.2.6e39530eAWnV98

Grade A EVE LF280K 280AH 3.2V lifepo4 battery 8.00 Pieces USD 110.0000 X 8 TOTAL = 880 USD Free bus bar and bolts

JBD lifepo4 8s 24v 200A smart bms With bluetooth 2pieces USD 107.0000 X 2 TOTAL = 214 USD


My major problem now is shipping and payment method

Payment method shouldn't be a problem. I've once made payment on Alibaba with 10 cards

Alibaba sellers are not AliExpress, dudes can do virtually anything to get their hands on that USD.

Shipping too shouldn't be an issue...if time spent to get to you ain't.

Cheers

jakjohnny:
Whats RMB

Chinese currency.

hunkyChunky:
Hello guys.
First-time Ali Express shopper here. Please what card/bank would you recommend for buying items above a $100. Trying to get a phone.

A card linked to any dollar account can do.

Or ask seller to split (if they agree) payments and pay with multiple cards.

4Jean:
Please has anyone ordered xiaomi recently and it arrived/delivered. Or this is still a Nipost danger zone

A neighbour just received a Poco F3 yesterday from NIPOST. There is no guarantee that you'll get it if you order. But all things being equal, when you don't get it, you'll get a refund. Thanks

bliss11:
Good evening, pls I want to purchase some items from Alibaba but I don’t have any freight agent they, the seller helped me arrange one. Is it safe to go with the freight agent of the seller?

No, they have ridiculous cost if you ask them to use their agent. One was telling me to pay $174 for shipping a 1.2kg item.

Get your own agent, it'll be cheaper.

jboixxx:
[color=#0000ff]That's the decision of CBN policy meeting or whatever they call it - CBN will not be funding commercial banks Forex from 2023. So, banks have started the early implementation. [/color]

All the policies they make in this country will never be in the interest of the masses. One day the poor will have nothing to eat but the rich.

Gherley:
See Polaris Bank

I have a feeling by the end of this year that all the banks will follow this process and then the only way to make international payment is if you have a USD account.

What a country! Special thanks to the clueless ones masquerading as our policy makers and politicians.

yahmaid04:
All items I ordered have arrived even the one I won in dispute.

Congratulations. They stole my items. Won dispute, waiting for refund.

MontyNG:
IT's also the time boss... I guess what you're really paying for when you buy from these lithium sellers is time.

I'm kinda regretting my blue carbon lithium battery purchase now actually. The voltage drops to the 24v LVD too quickly based on my loads and considering I have a total of 24v 400ah

Oh, I'm not really referring to buying already made system. Just talking of suspiciously new username that may be dropping phone numbers to be contacted for "services/sales". We just gotta be careful of em.

Sorry about your Blue Carbon experience. I nearly bought them from Alibaba like some years back before they made it to Nigeria, but something appeared off about em and I didn't go through with the payment.

There is a probability that a cell may be bad in the set up. You can easily pinpoint this if you have a Bluetooth BMS which states the parameters of each cell.

Please do not give money to a new username. Only deal with people that are reputable. DIYing this ish is not as hard as it appears. Cheers.

Specyano:
Is there RMB payment method on AliExpress?

No, there is in Taobao and Alibaba.

noobody:
It's official,access bank rate for card is now 550/USD.

Crazy

Damn. I'll be paying with RMB from now on.

chymer:
I need link to the Alibaba store, including your forwarder.
I will greatly appreciate it sir.

My bro, just google the ebike specs you need and chat up the seller as my seller no longer has the ebike I bought in stock.

You can ask any question either via PM or here to help you make a decision.

I used this old forwarder then Nonikings.

https://www.nairaland.com/1819824/newly-found-shipping-agent-china#24807137

You can chat up the Chinese number that ends in 2441 for more updates on rates, and ETA. Most ebike size won't be more than 0.5CBM

DISCLAIMER: I'm not affiliated with them, any business transaction you do with em is solely based on your decision to proceed or not.

Dishtech:
Telsa uses 21700 battery which is a modification of 18650 to have higher energy density and reduce weight. LiFePO4 has a larger size though has higher cycle life but reduces efficiency due to total weight of the vehicle.
All battery voltage drop on usage, the voltage drop is dependant on load current and battery AH or capacity.

Every RE person knows that battery voltage drops with use. There is a difference between the way liFePO4 battery and lithium ion polymer cell voltage drops during usage.

You may just have to use the two to understand and see for yourself.

Valto:
me sef, am interested. the ones listed on alibaba are confusing too. i need a basic one, maybe mctfoct should share the type he have.

Just check for the following

1) Motor size/type ...go for Bafang motor back hub drive ...not really a fan of mid drive motors

2) Battery size...anything above 10AH is good @ 48V

3) Shock type ...Mozo shock rocks

4) Tire size (with time I noticed 26*3.0 tire has the best grip for both offroad and city riding). The four inch tire looks cool especially when riding sandy paths, but sucks when doing city riding

Also ensure it has Pedal Assist as well as a throttle (if you wanna go lazy and go full electric).

Digital displays are awesome. If it's gear type look out for Shimano for that smooth shifting.

I also love my ebike to have a rear carrier...Bought one without one, a pain when you want to carry some stuff . Had to correct that mistake in my next purchase.

Barezzi:
Where person fit get better ebike in Naija?

Many sellers on Jiji. But I bought in China.

ManAdii:
How much did you get these?

That was last year, I think I got each cell then @ $7 each.

Dishtech:
I think the best battery for ebike or any electric vehicle is 18650 lithium batteries. Even telsa uses it because it has higher energy capacity.
480 pieces of 2.6ah of 18650 should give you 59.2v normal voltage and 67.2 at full charge. Which is about 4617.6wh or 4.6kwh.
If you were in Abuja I would have source for the battery and make one for you.

Tesla doesn't use the run of the mill type of 18650, he's forever tweaking the batteries Tesla uses. Tesla did this when it introduced the 2170 cell with the Model 3 and Powerwall. This cylinder was 21 millimeters by 70 millimeters rather than the 18 by 65 dimensions of the 18650 cell.

The lithium ion batteries you mentioned has a higher energy density thus more compact but since the type is probably lithium ion it has a shorter cycle life (500 to 1000 cycles against 2500 to 3500 cycles of lifepo4) . The only disadvantage I see with running with lifepo4 prismatic cells is just bigger size and weight.

Remember as lithium ion discharges, the voltage drops which leads to the ebike running slower, but with lifepo4 prismatic cells, you have the full voltage till almost the battery cut off, so the ebike motor is almost seeing that peak voltage and thus outputs higher performance.

Also I charge my lifepo4 prismatic cell ebike battery at half the time I charge my lithium ion battery.

FYI: I've used both lithium ion and lifepo4 on an ebike, the difference is super clear.

Moneyboyz:
Please help me find the link on AliExpress And quite me with it, also those ones you upload, are they for sale?

Not for sale. That's the one I used for my upgrade. Unfortunately, I didn't buy on AliExpress as it is costly, see example here: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMJdMvO

I bought at Alibaba and shipped via sea (waited for 110 days)

Moneyboyz:
Hello, I have an electric bike that came with 60v 12ah (12v 12ah X5) SLA battery pack, I want to increase its range but I can't find suitable custom build anywhere online (jiji, olist, nairaland etc).

I need a 60v 25/30ah lithium or lifepo4 with built in BMS, does anyone sell here, I would prefer brand new or custom built with brand new batteries.

You may consider going the DIY route. I have a 48V 10AH battery for my ebike, when I wanted longer range I had to go the DIY route. I sourced 3.2v 22ah batteries from China and upgrade to 48v 22AH...best money I spent. I doubled the range and performance