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Environment & Energy

hunter

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3. Lead acid batteries are evil.

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 12:46 PM

Mar 2013

They are the weakest link in any off-the-grid solar installation.

Most inverters are crappy too.

Both batteries and inverters will randomly transform themselves into toxic waste without any obvious fault or provocation.

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Death of a Battery [View all] phantom power Mar 2013 OP

After I saw "lead-acid" I had to read no further. wtmusic Mar 2013 #1

I didn't know this Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #2

interesting, so if you keep them parallel it's less of a problem? phantom power Mar 2013 #4

Yes but you don't have enough voltage that way. wtmusic Mar 2013 #5

Lead acid batteries are evil. hunter Mar 2013 #3