DIY Off Grid PowerWall Update: Used Electric Car Lithium Ion Batteries, Arrived!
We got our batteries! These are used electric car batteries nickle cobalt chemistry lithium ion cells, so they're a little different but still lithium ion batteries. They contain 5 larger cells and are 22v median voltage. We have 27 of them total complete with too much packaging!
We still need panels and cables and other odds and ends, like roof sealant to put down before we mount them.
If you're interested in the link for these batteries, here it is.
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Nickel Cadmium cells were some of the best there ever were, Nickel Cobalt? Cool, not familiar with those, who makes them?
Its a specific kind of lithium ion technology.
How exciting. I'm following along right with you. I woke up the other day with a thought in my head "batteries equal life". I remembered it, but thought it weird. Maybe it was something I heard in a sci-fy film or something.
Maybe you are supposed to figure out how to have a power reserve. Your life or someone else's life may depend upon it. I remember when my mother was in Hospice care and she had a hospital bed at the house. We had a lightning storm that took out the power for many hours. We found out that her bed was inflatable, and that it had a slow leak that was pumped back up continuously by a pump. Then I began to consider how to use my car as a generator for power.
Now I have a 1400 watt inverter in my Prius and the last time that power went out I had figured out how to let the prius idle with the emergency brake on (so the lights won't come on) so that the car keeps the 12 volt battery powered up. I was able to keep the refrigerator running for three days when we had a flood where I was visiting. It takes strong jumper cables connecting to the battery. We didn't have a way figured out for running the water pump though.
I like backup systems that use batteries as the power store. Where AC gets created constantly from the battery systems. These are called on-line ups.
You are so right. I am working on back ups for my back ups. Living off grid already, I know the importance of this. Especially in the winter, I might be trapped for weeks on end, not able to get off of my property. Haha, it sounds like I live in the Yukon. I'm in KY, but the way my house sits and as far back in the woods as it is, if there is any substantial snowfall or ice, I don't have a vehicle that will make it out till a melt comes. This happened to me a couple times since I'm been here.
I've had times when I've woke up with a person's name in my head that I've never known before. It's very cool. It's a rare opportunity to connect between the conscious and subconscious mind in such a clear way. Well, I guess remembered dreams can be considered such a connection. But I cherish when I can hear such messages as I am waking up.
That would be cool. Back when I had to write college papers, I would wake u with either the opening or closing line from a dead sleep. They were usually pretty good too.
Where was this post before Hurricane Irma hit 2 week ago LOL. Really cool gadget I love new technology.
I see a prepper in the making. Now you just have to replenish the egg layers and keep them safe. Since you get hurricanes, consider keeping the solar panels on a ground stand so that they can be removed and protected during a storm, if you have space.
If you saw the ground around my house, you wouldn't be saying that LOL
Excuse me for being presumptive. Love the off-grid approach, want to see your equipment survive.
Have you made it completely off the grid?
Ill share the update later on, we just got some more panels today. We're not completely off grid but we will be soon.
You live a very interesting life. I have a question though if you don't mind me asking. It's not what you did because that not my business but aren't you worried you'll be tracked down posting on social media?
It's a risk we take. By going public we do have some insurance that if we go missing due to arrest people will raise a fuss and we have more of a chance of getting help in some form or another that way. It also makes us a less desirable target as they'll look like assholes for spending thousands upon thousands of dollars to bring us back....it's something we have considered heavily.
Well may you run free and make life memorable daily.
Nice ,
I like new tecnologi
good work sir
Will be interesting to see them put to use!!!
Congrats you're one step closer to a working system. I'll have to look them up, not familiar with nickel cobalt. I'm looking forward to see your complete system.
Nice view!!!