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intaglio

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1. Will someone please come up with a cheap, feel-safe battery

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 05:23 AM

Apr 2012

I've seen the TED talk with the molten salt battery - but marketing a home version would be very difficult (molten salt? molten metal??!!) and I have met someone who buys used lead acid batteries from scrapyards (vehicle dismantlers) but an off the shelf solution is urgently needed.

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Hybrid solar: How to kiss the grid goodbye (Australia) [View all] kristopher Apr 2012 OP

Will someone please come up with a cheap, feel-safe battery intaglio Apr 2012 #1

Hybrid vehicle batteries from wrecked cars would be one option for a homebrew unit.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #5

Only works where you have reliable grid service. DCKit Apr 2012 #2

Well, from the authors perspective poor grid reliability is a reason for investing in this set-up kristopher Apr 2012 #3

Add to that, I've been thinking much about adding an LP generator for co-generation. DCKit Apr 2012 #4