That’s doable right now pretty much, in that the cost of existing batteries is in proportion to the other stuff you’ll need.
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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 hours ago
Just make one large enough to power my house for 2 weeks and let me use solar completely detached from the grid. I’ll put it on the side of my house.
solrize@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 hours ago
The sodium batteries rolling out to market right now should be good for it. Just waiting for them to get out and into use for a few years to make sure their isn’t any immediate unforseen bugs. I just want a 30 year battery and not a 10 year, and time itself degrades lithium based batteries quite a lot. They can make one that will last over 500,000 ev miles, but don’t count on it doing it and lasting 20+ years.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
maybe in a shed off the side of your house? i would not want that fire attached to my structure in a failure.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 hours ago
It’s not lithium. This battery wouldn’t be a fire hazard.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
if it’s charged it’s a fire hazard.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 hours ago
My house is charged. It’s a fire hazard.
It is waaaaaaay more likely that they’ll be an issue with an EV or ice car in your garage to catch fire than a storage battery like this. This or sodium batteries can’t have a runaway thermal “event”. The chemical reactions aren’t there for it.