Loading ...I have several friends that do it and they’re old school using lead-acid or AGM batteries. But the real trick is to just build a lith ion battery bank from these cells called Ying Long’s. They accept huge charge and discharge rates, and if you drop the DOD (depth of discharge) to a 50% drained level every day, these amazing cells can easily last 16 years. 6 Ying Longs are equivalent to almost 6 full-sized Optima Yellow Top AGMs. So it’s quite easy to assemble a bank that can power a house, no problem. In the coming years, power companies are going to get smashed.
The exciting part is that solar panels are kicking ass in efficiency too, esp if you use some type of a solar tracker to re-orient the panel to track the sun the entire day. I’ve been wanting an off-grid house for a while.
People assemble them into banks to achieve the desired voltage, this is a cheap way to have a Tesla Power Wall. Very low fire risk, cells can’t swell either. Genious.
