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Why do we ask these annoying questions when someone wants to purchase a battery?

March 22, 2025

Why We Ask Questions Before Selling You a Battery *** If you’re one of our customers that has had these questions potentially save you from ...

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PowerPaul Battery Software Upgrade

March 20, 2025

Last year we released an OTA (Over The Air) software upgrade for our batteries using the Daly BMS. This was suggested for the batteries running ...

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Victron UI Updates and Van Modifications with PowerPaul

February 2, 2025

For those of you who follow the online information, this will not be breaking news. But there are many people out there who are still ...

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Taking Stock of 2024: PowerPaul’s Year in Review

January 31, 2025

The year 2024 had a lot happen, and sometimes even we neglect to take a step back and look at what was achieved. We often ...

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PowerPaul Australia Is Evolving Beyond Facebook

January 25, 2025

Many of you have noticed, like we have, the changing style/vibe of Facebook over the past few years in particular. It’s been gradual but we ...

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Slowing down just a little can go a long way…

January 23, 2025

For those of you travelling a lot, especially those who are full time on the road or doing “The Lap”, consider travelling at 10-20km/h under ...

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Getting numbers right makes people happy!

January 20, 2025

We’re consistently getting great feedback about the recent (June 2024) software update and new “tuning” process we do on the test bench. This provided much ...

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Situations where your Shunt may not be correct…

December 15, 2024

This article is based on the Victron Smart Shunt used with LiFePO4 batteries, however a lot of it will apply to other brands of shunts ...

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New Flexible Bus Bars available

November 1, 2024

High current flexible bus bars to parallel your batteries or connect components. The product page will be live on the website soon. We’ve designed a ...

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Help!… My Battery is flat… What do I do?

October 29, 2024

This is a question we get surprisingly often, and the answer is just the same as if you run out of fuel, put more fuel ...

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BMS vs. Shunt SOC readings… Customer experience…

October 15, 2024

We’re looking for customers experience regarding the accuracy or difference between using the BMS State Of Charge reading, or a Shunt SOC reading. This is ...

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Late day musings… Recycling and Pricing

October 10, 2024

After a hectic day at PowerPaul, it’s time to sit down and decompress, and part of that often involves jotting down thoughts and ideas that ...

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PowerPaul’s Investment in Test Gear: Raising Battery Standards

September 18, 2024

A quick tally up of the various generations of test gear we have used over the years, came up to over $40,000 worth of equipment ...