[MartHale7]

I am in Florida, golf cart central 😉 I spent about 5 years making my own battery chargers to desulfate lead acid batteries. When I came to Florida, I started my solar system by getting trojan 8v batteries for $16 each. This was the scrap value then these were batteries that were old and were on their last leg. It was from this system, I learned solar. I topped up lots of electrolyte in these batteries. From there I moved to Electric Vehicle lithium batteries. I buy slightly used lithium batteries for $100 a KWH, I have over 25 KWH of storage now in a 24v, and 36v systems. I have done lots of research on lithium batteries and I treat them very well, and they have treated me awesome for running my AC, my well pump, and my table saw.

For me lithiums well managed is the way to go as I have large capacity, and can take the batteries much lower than you can with lead acid batteries. Lead acid batteries do work, but I am glad to get away from filling electrolyte in those batteries.

Lithims have to be kept warm to charge them, and you have to think about possiblity of fire, but so far, they have done me right, others may choose a different route…. I am interested in the new lead – carbon foam batteries. They can be taken to zero volts and they keep right on going with no degradation. So much battery tech coming out hard to know what is real, and what is scams.