Anything new in batteries for solar
I have four 31 size lead acid batteries. They are heavy and you only get to used half their capacity. Is anything come up recently that could be a reasonable replacement--probably lithium?
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LFP batteries are not that expensive when compared to the rest of a rig. They probably only make sense if one primarily boondocks as we do. Not running a generator at dispersed sites means that wildlife and birds wander in. We have only utlized line power on 5th wheel once in last several years. We had to leave 5th wheel in an RV park for 5 days and plugged in to make sure fridge ran. We can run fridge 24 hours a day (absorption cooling, not Stirling cycle so it is an energy hog) if we know it will be good sun the next day but we start with a 4 kW-hr deficiency.
Reed and Elaine
Reed and Elaine
