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TheMadMonk

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8. Not even close. A forklift battery pack will give 48 hrs if used frugally.

Reply to CJCRANE (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:38 AM

Apr 2012

A truck battery will just suffice for lights. Again if used frugally.

Both are highly toxic.

For static applications, a NiFe battery is a cheap option. It's not the best performer in the world and it has a low energy density, but they're cheap, non-toxic, abuse tollerant and easy to maintain.

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Shocking! Battery Tech From MIT (an awesome presentation) [View all] Playinghardball Apr 2012 OP

1 battery you can actually buy > 1,000,000 Ted talks. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #1

Storing electrons in batteries is not the real issue it's the cost of doing so, hopefully this guys uponit7771 Apr 2012 #2

Or each house can have a battery. CJCRANE Apr 2012 #3

Not even close. A forklift battery pack will give 48 hrs if used frugally. TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #8

Fair enough CJCRANE Apr 2012 #11

When or if electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids penetrate the market enough, IDemo Apr 2012 #4

We've never lacked ideas. If the Best and the Brightest ran this country.... Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #5

And that is why huge corporations, and the people that run them are Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #10

Friend, you said a mouthful... Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #12

The sweet spot should be a system designed for home installation. Old and In the Way Apr 2012 #6

Battery tech is very difficult longship Apr 2012 #7

Back in the early 1970s, that's about 40 years ago aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2012 #9