Lithium Batteries
How long before they are mainstream like AGM in RVs? Seems AGM finally got a fair shake for their great performance but was a little skeptical at first until I tried them. Now thinking Its just a ma...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi Landyacht,
For $500 you can do 4 of these: 100 amp-hours 4 needed
They will "make them up" so a 200 amp-hour battery is $1000.00 Six weeks lead time are needed. Since 160 amp-hours are useable this is competitive price wise with a 320 amp-hour AGM bank.
Here is their entire line up:
all LI Note the 90 amp-hour 12 volt is $470.00landyacht318 wrote:
Its dropping, but not quite an easy pill to swallow, yet.
Check out this "drop in" 100 AH in a group 31 jar:
http://store.starkpower.com/12V-100AhStarkPower-UltraEnergy-Lithium-Ion-Battery-LiFePO-Energy-Storage-Battery_p_24.html
Imagine that. Needing to program the solar controller to turn off completely once the lithium batteries reach 14.6v., or stopping it well before that, as there is no need to get the thing to 100% daily.
I tend to cycle usually no more than 65 AH nightly and need a group 31 flooded Deep cycle that cost me 162$ with tax. I am hoping for 450 cycles from it, and am in the 330 range now.
If the 3000+ claimed cycle life of this lithium battery can be trusted, it'll be cheaper to get the lithium, and I'd have more AH to cycle safely.
Thats a pretty big IF.
Tell you what, I'll start a paypal account and take donations and be the guinea pig and post detailed results and cycle the urine out of it every day till it fails. 340 cycles a year.
Keep in mind that the way Lifep04 and lead asid batteries are rated are different. As an example a 200 amp hour lead asid battery could be replaced with a 100 amp hour Lifep04 battery.
