Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-25 Thread markf
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

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-25 Thread Dan Fink
Hello Mark; My NiFes went in last March, I'm almost at a year living with them off the grid. To avoid writing a novel here I'll group my comments into Oddities, Advantages and Disadvantages. Advantages: ~ at least 25 year lifespan ~ 10 year warranty ~ Can add more parallel strings at any

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-24 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems
Aloha Marco, If most of your customers take good care of their lead battery banks, the cost may be well more than one could justify. The types of customers I service regularly destroy batteries for a few, repeated reasons. We offer the lithium battery because it overcomes all the reasons their

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-23 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems
[RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries Hi Allan, I would like to challenge the use of the term "locally manufactured". Mccune Solar Works does not manufacture lithium batteries. They purchase battery cells from China and package other third party components like

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-23 Thread Allan Sindelar
Larry, Thank you for correcting my post. As I have not signed an NDA I didn't know this. The only term I recall hearing was "manufacture". Allan Allan Sindelar

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-23 Thread frenergy
s [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org>] *On Behalf Of *Starlight Solar Power Systems *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2016 2:46 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries Hi Al

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-22 Thread Allan Sindelar
Wrenches, A longtime off grid friend of mine, with whom both I and Positive Energy have collaborated on difficult installations over the years, just purchased a 24V 230AH, 120 lb. LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate) battery bank that is locally manufactured in Albuquerque.

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-22 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems
Hi Allan, I would like to challenge the use of the term "locally manufactured". Mccune Solar Works does not manufacture lithium batteries. They purchase battery cells from China and package other third party components like EMS and relays to make a lithium battery system. Very similar to what

Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries

2016-01-22 Thread August Goers
Systems *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2016 2:46 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries Hi Allan, I would like to challenge the use of the term "locally manufactured". Mccune Solar Works does not manufacture lithium