Dan, Can you give us a quick over view of the ins and outs of the NiFe batteries?
Thanks, Mark Frye > Marco; > Winter storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods, etc. - backup > power. Maybe load shaving as the utilities get more persnickety on time of > use upcharges. > > Of course for most folks, an infernal combustion generator is far more > cost > effective than batteries. But for an extended grid outage and with a > critical loads subpanel installed, PV charges on sunny days, generators > still need fuel which may be in short supply or inaccessible. > So, preppers. Most are surprised at how little autonomy time they get from > a really expensive battery bank, but if it's TEOTWAWKI at least their > solar > "fuel" is free, minus the amortized cost of the battery bank. I get lots > of > phone calls from preppers who really need lithium prescribed by their > psychologist far more than they need it in a backup battery bank...... > > Lithium batteries seem impressive on how long they can sit unused / float > with no degradation, but I'd rather let all y'all be the guinea pigs on > them for awhile. I'm doing my part by guinea pigging NiFe batteries off > the > grid. So far, so good, and darned glad I now know their ins and outs > compared to lead acid. I would have been horribly embarrassed if I'd done > my first NiFe battery bank for a customer instead of for myself....I chose > NiFe here simply because of decades of historical data, I don't trust > Lithium yet for longevity, but thanks Larry C and others on this list who > have been doing lithium batteries for years and reporting their results > here. > > This Wrenches List is the gold standard of good information! > > > Dan Fink > Adjunct Professor, Ecotech Institute > IREC Certified Instructor⢠for: > ~ PV Installation Professional > ~ Small Wind Installer > Executive Director, Buckville Energy > NABCEP Accredited Continuing Education Providers⢠> 970.672.4342 > > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Aloha Larry, >> >> >> >> To take a step backâ¦whatâs the compelling value proposition from the >> homeownerâs perspective to incur this non-trivial additional expense? >> To >> be blunt, whatâs in it for them? Back-up power? First adopter mojo? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> marco >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
