Oderus420 said:
Funny, I was just watching a video from Jehu and another dude saying you don't need BMS! This topic can be confusing for us newbies.
Jehu said in his live feed yesterday (Dec 10, 2017) that a bms doesn't need to be used on new cells. Which, I will mostly agree with. New cells you know pretty much exactly what the condition of all the cells are, as they most likely came outta the same chemical batch; so they are basically clones of each other. On reclaimed cells, a bms is highly recommended due to the uncertainty of the condition of the cells, especially when mixing different types, manufacturers, capacities, brands, etc, etc together into an amalgam of power.