Comment on Biwatt releases 4.5 kWh sodium-ion battery - Energy Storage
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 days agoA lot. My use case is off grid camper living. We live in a camper about 4 months a year not counting weekend trips and vacations. Lead acid batteries have to be minded and hate being discharged below 50%. The lifepo4 batteries have a super low self discharge rate, don’t need any minding and can be discharged down to 15% or 10% before they start degrading. I would need 400 Ah of leadacid batteries to equal the 200 Ah I have now.
So weight and space savings, no maintenance, harder to damage. I definitely recommend.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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This runs my house and I’ll have to be replacing them in the next year or two so I’ll look into them.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They may struggle to reach price parity for a set up where space and weight aren’t limiting if you’re getting a full 5 years or whatever out of your batteries. I never did with lead acid but maybe I’d take care of them better if they ran my house!
Do you mind sharing your reason for using a battery bank to power your house? Is it solar or a backup charged by the grid?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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Solar with a diesel back up generator I live quite far away from any utilities.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Very cool. I’d like to be that remote one day.