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Lead-acid batteries can't be used effectively for energy storage, especially not vanilla car batteries that are optimized for cranking amps but will only last a
by mizzao 11y ago
Lead-acid batteries can't be used effectively for energy storage, especially not vanilla car batteries that are optimized for cranking amps but will only last a few cycles of charging and discharging.
Generally, lead-acid batteries will sulfate at low levels of charge, which is a hard-to-reverse reaction.
- HNaTTY 11y agoDeep cycle lead-acid batteries are still the go-to battery for off-gridders. They're recyclable and fairly affordable for the amount of energy storage. He's not using a high-CCA battery, you can see the model of the battery behind the window in the picture. I hope this situation changes in 2016 because I'm tired of adding distilled water.