Simpliphi has been around since 2002, so they actually are older than
their 10 year old warranty. Most other companies can't make that
claim. As far as reliability, each 3.8 kWh is independent, so you can
just shut down a bad unit and send it in for repair. I'm building
systems with 4 to 6 units usually.
I too have long term questions, especially about corrosion in marine
environments, and long term issues with electronics such as capacitors
drying out. I think the BMS may go out befor the projected 8000 cycles
to 100% DOD.
I've been a part of the solar experiment since the 80s, and we've come a
very long ways, which is amazing. For all the questions we have, lead
acid is definitely going to be come obsolete in our life times, so the
sooner we all get savvy with newer technologies the better.
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760
On 3/23/20 7:36 PM, Bradley Bassett wrote:
Discover Battery has been around since just after WWII. I think that
since each Li battery is native to the system voltage, the way to get
some redundancy is to simply have more than one battery, most systems
will anyway. Then if one fails you can use the other ones until the
failed one is replaced or fixed. A lead battery would be less prone to
catastrophic failure, alkaline batteries even more so if you can
handle the cost and other issues, so there is something to be said for
that. I have multiple inverters and battery banks and it has come in
handy when there are failures (inverters).
Brad
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:53 PM Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarag...@gmail.com
<mailto:jerrysgarag...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Blue planet has money behind them and already years of
manufacturing, many more years then some of the other
manufacturers out there
Jerry
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 2:06 PM frenergy <frene...@psln.com
<mailto:frene...@psln.com>> wrote:
Wrenchers,
I seem to continue to have my foot stuck in the past
regarding off-grid. Off -grid seems to have more of an
element of a
need for reliability, redundancy, klugability. Believe me L-ion
batteries and especially the "total units" like the:
https://simpliphipower.com/product/access-sol-ark/
are beautiful answers to "buy it connect up the cables and
forget it",
no maintenance to boot. I want one. But Yikes, many of these
companies
are new, which will survive well into their warranty period?
Its a
double-edge sword....if we don't transition into the L-ion
world, how
will they survive?
Also, if the charge controller, battery cell (in
2 volt
cell battery pack), fan or inverter fails in a more
conventional system,
there's probably a go-around spare whatever in stock (or the
failed 2
volt cell can be cabled around waiting for a new cell). Maybe
all I'm
asking is how field serviceable is a failed L-ion battery or
its BMS? or
the total units like above? Are there failures? maybe too soon
to know.
Go ahead, beat me with a stick, maybe I'll learn
something.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net <http://www.frenergy.net>
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