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I'm not a fan of these devices in general as I'm more of a DIY, but... A Ecoflow Delta 2 Max is $1100, gives you 2kWh capacity and 1000W of solar input. if you

I'm not a fan of these devices in general as I'm more of a DIY, but... A Ecoflow Delta 2 Max is $1100, gives you 2kWh capacity and 1000W of solar input. if you have a power outage, you can actually keep it topped off w/ solar while keeping your fridge, gas furnace, etc running. If you're gonna hang a wire out the window, why pay the premium for the pretty enclosure and screen?

trescenzi 2y ago
Not to hard pivot but any DIY links you’d recommend? I’ve been getting into this field and would like to DIY something around this scale. Keep a fridge running, maybe have a little dc circuit for a home lab.
- turtlebits 2y ago
  Will Prowse on youtube a great resource. For <$1000, you can get a 3-5kWh system (battery+solar charge controller+inverter)
- mdaniel 2y ago
  In addition to Will's channel, don't overlook thermal battery links, too, which often can be made out of old water heaters that folks dump on craigslist all the time. The gist behind thermal batteries is to help with the (solar->battery->coil->hot water) efficiency loop by changing it to (solar->coil->sand->hot water) e.g. https://hackaday.com/2022/11/21/making-a-do-it-yourself-sand-battery/ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/21/making-a-do-it-yourself-sand... (I love his channel, too) or https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/18/1091481/how-to-build-a-thermal-battery/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/18/1091481/how-to-b... They also have vastly different failure modes than pumping a bunch of DC voltage into battery cells There was also recently a post about flow batteries <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41235789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41235789> which are also very interesting to me, but I haven't gotten far enough into that learning curve to know if they're a good fit
chadconway 2y ago
Pila allows you to plug in solar as well.

trescenzi 2y ago

Not to hard pivot but any DIY links you’d recommend? I’ve been getting into this field and would like to DIY something around this scale. Keep a fridge running, maybe have a little dc circuit for a home lab.

turtlebits 2y ago
Will Prowse on youtube a great resource. For <$1000, you can get a 3-5kWh system (battery+solar charge controller+inverter)
mdaniel 2y ago
In addition to Will's channel, don't overlook thermal battery links, too, which often can be made out of old water heaters that folks dump on craigslist all the time. The gist behind thermal batteries is to help with the (solar->battery->coil->hot water) efficiency loop by changing it to (solar->coil->sand->hot water) e.g. https://hackaday.com/2022/11/21/making-a-do-it-yourself-sand-battery/ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/21/making-a-do-it-yourself-sand... (I love his channel, too) or https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/18/1091481/how-to-build-a-thermal-battery/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/18/1091481/how-to-b... They also have vastly different failure modes than pumping a bunch of DC voltage into battery cells There was also recently a post about flow batteries <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41235789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41235789> which are also very interesting to me, but I haven't gotten far enough into that learning curve to know if they're a good fit

chadconway 2y ago

Pila allows you to plug in solar as well.