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Explorer II

Mar 31, 2015

Wild guess -- we will soon be using Tesla batteries for RVs

Tesla just announced that in a month, it will bring out a new product line, not a car. Other recent announcements hint that Tesla will be making batteries for microgrid storage. Here is my wild guess -- maybe in a couple of years, we will have access to batteries for RV use that will store 600 amp hours. The batteries will be no heavier and bulkier than our current lead-acid units. They will last longer and charge faster. And they will cost four times as much.

Let's see if any of these guesses pan out! (You know you are getting older when your fantasies focus on storage batteries for camping. That is not what I used to dream about when I was a young man.)

24 Replies

Cloud_Dancer
Explorer II
Mar 31, 2015
I must be young......:B
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Mar 31, 2015
Lithium batteries demand rock solid charging and discharging monitoring and control. This means sensors and electronic control modules. I believe this point is the hurdle to be cleared before large lithium batteries would be turned loose in freelance applications. The second point is temperature. Lithium rechargeable demands maintaining them within a specific temperature spectrum.
vic46
Explorer
Mar 31, 2015
Have a look at the Micro Start, link follows. I received one of these as an Xmas parcel. It is truly a delightful piece of kit. Son in law used it to start a 6.0 litre diesel that had a dead battery. No Sweat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://antigravitybatteries.com//
Tiger4x4RV
Nomad
Mar 31, 2015
Regardless of your personal issues with having dreams about batteries, this sounds like a good development. One battery could do the work now done by several, freeing up valuable storage space.