Re: [EVDL] Tesla plugs into new market with home battery system (backup foolishness)

2015-05-03 Thread Michael Ross via EV
It just requires people to share, and to value that efficiency enough to engage in collective collaborative activity. Could refer to a public utility or a private one that is regulated well. That was what I meant, but I wanted to frame it broadly - a distributed utility functioning in the most

Re: [EVDL] Tesla plugs into new market with home battery system (backup foolishness)

2015-05-02 Thread Michael Ross via EV
One issue with LFP is the process to apply the LiFePO4 is the conductor has to take place in a noble atmosphere - as opposed to most of the others that can simply be done in air that is clean. I have heard EM say that Ni is the costliest part of Ni containing cells, even more than CO or Mn

Re: [EVDL] Tesla plugs into new market with home battery system (backup foolishness)

2015-05-02 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Lee Hart wrote: $6k of golf cart batteries is about 60 of them; that's around 80 KWH of storage! Who on earth needs that much for a home. Robert Bruninga wrote: My solar panels produce typically 60 to 70 kWH every sunny day. If I do not use every bit of it every day, then I am wasting my