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so they are all lead-based. I don’t see how they can be “lighter” than lithium. Remember a 100ah lead-based battery doesn’t need to be discharged much below 50% at most, and recharged as quickly as possible to prevent early degradation. Even a well-maintained lead-based battery may begin experiencing degradation after 500-700 “cycles”,

Lithium can be discharged to 20% without degradation, can be left discharged say 50% without degradation for an extended time, can be expected to go 3000-7000 cycles before significant degradation

meaning, a single 100ah lithium = two 100ah lead-based batteries in useful energy per cycle.

That single 100ah Lithium battery is half the weight of one lead-based battery of the same rating (or 1/4 the weight of equivalent energy availability (meaning two 100ah lead-based batteries) which now take up twice the space.

And the lead-based battery bank (two 100ah lead based to equal one 100ah lithium) will need to be replaced at least once, maybe 2-3 times before the lithium requires replacement as far as we can tell so far.

It’s always up to the person, the situation and such, but as I grow older, and having no idea what will happen re: materials and components. I personally would rather bite the bullet now, fill whatever space I have available with storage that gives me the longest life, least maintenance and most available energy per cycle possible. The less I tinker with batteries, the more time doing other stuff.

Thank goodness, there are so many options, and people that understand and are willing to use and share information on all of them. Options, Diversity, freedom.. kinda the point right?