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It's been awhile but alas the battery cells arrived today and hopefully the BMS will arrive tomorrow. The cells show a bit of swelling, nothing drastic but obvious and they cam in charged quite low which is to be expected for safety and shipping rules. Here we took a few pictures preparing the cells with the heating pads and heat shield and waiting for the bms to arrive. We charged the initial battery pack to full and now resting, when bms is installed it will then charge for about 7-8 hours -- like I said they are quite low, and then before we place into the case and the parallel them together then charge again, we will let it rest for the rest of the evening. The BMS is arriving usps and we have a new delivery driver which means late arrival each day. Looking forward, after installed we will then install the inverter and we will then be testing everything out. We are making this also in a full video but sharing this for a sneak preview... Here are some of the parts we used tonight. batteryevo -- use code guardianwill for 7% off on anything at store https://batteryevo.com/battery-evo-12v-lithium-lifepo4-150ah-2-kwh-135a-bms-kit/ Fish Paper https://amzn.to/3UpkEtM Heating Pads https://amzn.to/3BCMVo7 Heat Shield https://amzn.to/3LPOUKJ Polyimide Adhesive Tape https://amzn.to/3DLsDLT mini wire connector kit https://amzn.to/3R1KYqZ If you can help, we would truly appreciate and need it -- Thank you https://gofund.me/5b4a16c6 Any little bit helps and we truly are grateful.