Just curious - why Lithiums are so heavy?
100 AH, flooded, 66-69 lbs. 100 AH, Li, 29-31 lbs. Brain-dead sellers jumping on a new bandwagon, "One-fifth the weight of a traditional battery", yahooo.... More usable capacity, yes, but not...
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I don't like the "by the weight" manipulation of numbers
We don't by batteries by the pound
We buy batteries by the amp-hours we need
I do agreed that if you have a 100 ampHr lead battery and do 50-90 while camping you only get 40 Amphrs use
If that is 100 Amphrs Li and you do 20-90 , you get 70 Amphrs use, 75% more useable capacity
And that is means a lot, but it's not 3X as much capacity
We buy them by what we can use, and how much space is available to store them
Space wise, you get about 75% more use for the same amount of space, although it weighs less
Energy density by weight, is an advertising ploy !
It's real, but it really does not come into play that often, in the RV, boating, off grid environments,
Space ships and electric vehicle.. Yes
We don't by batteries by the pound
We buy batteries by the amp-hours we need
I do agreed that if you have a 100 ampHr lead battery and do 50-90 while camping you only get 40 Amphrs use
If that is 100 Amphrs Li and you do 20-90 , you get 70 Amphrs use, 75% more useable capacity
And that is means a lot, but it's not 3X as much capacity
We buy them by what we can use, and how much space is available to store them
Space wise, you get about 75% more use for the same amount of space, although it weighs less
Energy density by weight, is an advertising ploy !
It's real, but it really does not come into play that often, in the RV, boating, off grid environments,
Space ships and electric vehicle.. Yes
