[RE-wrenches] Lithium battery recommendation

[Eric Smiley]

Keep in mind the Fortress eVault is a 500 lb beast. Our installers
complained about it and we've moved to smaller, rack-mount units and are
currently testing the HomeGrid Stack'd in various configurations.


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On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 19:34, Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Jay
> Fortress is a good solution, blueplanet is a great battery also, both have
> been around long enough. So many manufacturers talk the big warranty but
> don't have time in the field to support what they say. I ran a lab testing
> batteries and saw some impossible warranties.
> Fun times
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 3:20 PM Jay via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I’m
>> Looking for recommendations for a lithium battery. 48v.  150-200 kWh.
>> System is probably going to be open comm, as the system has outback
>> equipment. That could change but probably not.
>> Remote monitoring is required even though it is a site with people 24/7.
>>
>> So far fortress and home grid. Have been recommended to look at.
>> Blue planet is just too expensive.
>>
>> And PS. Fortress says that you cannot add batteries after 1 year. This
>> goes against everything I thought I understood about lithium.
>> Any comments about why they say that?
>> Do others say rhat?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>>
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