a comparision of two different LI chemistries

pianotuna wrote:
theoldwizard1,

What concerned me was not the safety--it was the much lower than suggested cycle life on the LiFePO4 jars.

Pianotuna only time will tell. You know my song and dance on LFP batteries living off of them everyday for the past 4+ years. If nothing happens between now and next April (5 year mark) I'll have over 600 full cycles. I'm hoping for 8 years of fulltime use out of them, which should put them at 1,000 cycles and if they last longer than that it's all icing on the cake. ;)

I'd have to lean in with Old Wizard.
Only read the first couple paragraphs and they were throwing out meaningless, unqualified numbers. Smells like propaganda, so not worth reading further.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Being the New Toy on the block, lithium cannot escape the rants of hyperbole.

LOL Mex you are a delight in my life!

Being the New Toy on the block, lithium cannot escape the rants of hyperbole.

theoldwizard1,

What concerned me was not the safety--it was the much lower than suggested cycle life on the LiFePO4 jars.

LiFePO4 batteries have been around for a number of years and have proven themselves to be safe and reliable.

I think that article is mostly advertising.

They did kinda blow off the battery safety factor. Would have liked to have seen more pertinent info on that.....