The "new again" technology which seems most appropriate for solar is nickel iron.
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93iron_battery There are a few vendors which are making these new at this point... previously most of them in use were refurbished cells from when they were more popular. On Oct 1, 2016 2:09 PM, "Kurt Fankhauser" <[email protected]> wrote: > That company that has the salt water batteries said they wanna cut the > cost on them in half over the next 5 years. Then that's really going to get > interesting... Read somewhere the lifespan was 20 years on them and also > they are not affected by low temperatures once fully discharged. > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> According to the news around here, lead acid batteries are the most >> recycled device on the planet... They are just about to open a new >> "green" recycling plant here that doesn't generate all the bad gasses that >> a normal plant does when heating the mess to 1300 degrees to melt it all >> apart.. So we have been given the 30 second crash news education on lead >> acid batteries for the last week... >> >> On 10/01/2016 11:53 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> I would think lead-acid batteries are almost 100% recyclable, I’m not >>> sure about Li-Ion. I try to avoid Chinese made AGM batteries because of >>> their poor track record on the environment, but it’s hard to avoid them >>> entirely. >>> >>> Maybe I’m naïve, and when I take used batteries to the battery dealer >>> for recycling, they toss them in the dumpster and they are hauled to the >>> landfill. But I would think at least the lead would be worth enough to >>> recover. >>> >>> *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Lewis Bergman >>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 1, 2016 1:43 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Solar costs dropping >>> >>> That seems expensive for the AH. They sound like they recover better >>> from deep discharge. The last time I bought 75AH batteries they were >>> ~$200 each. so for somewhere less than half the money you get close to >>> the same AH and they added bonus of destroying the planet. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 12:57 PM Kurt Fankhauser >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I've been seriously looking at solar for off grid, biggest problem >>> was the batteries but then I found these salt water batteries that >>> seem to be the solution to all the problems associated with battery >>> systems, they have a 24v version for a 2.2Kwh cell that I was going >>> to wire up to an APC-XL ups and see what happened.... >>> >>> https://www.altestore.com/store/deep-cycle-batteries/saltwat >>> er-batteries/aquion-energy-saltwater-batteries-p40483/?gclid >>> =CjwKEAjwvb2_BRCb_s7Yo7_ZlHASJABz6L0jfIx1iUFerslueuwJHCmFBqR >>> fykUmLVgmbE3Ho39nZRoCgpXw_wcB#AQU24S-83 >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> https://electrek.co/2016/09/26/solar-power-cost-down-25-in-f >>> ive-months-theres-no-reason-why-the-cost-of-solar-will-ever- >>> increase-again/ >>> >>> And wait until Peroksvite starts selling…. >>> >>> Thought you might like that Chuck. >>> >>> *Rory Conaway **• Triad Wireless •**CEO* >>> >>> *4226 S. 37^th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040* >>> >>> *602-426-0542 <tel:602-426-0542>* >>> >>> *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>* >>> >>> *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/>* >>> >>> ** >>> >>> “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.” — Yogi >>> Berra >>> >>> >
