<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Jason. Great videos! Any thoughts on why AES is so much more than some others that seem pretty solid as well?</div><div>Howie<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:30 PM Jason Andrade <<a href="mailto:jason@westcoastsustainables.com">jason@westcoastsustainables.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Howie,<br>
I\u2019ve used a few different brands and am currently using the Discover AES, I have a quad stack of the coupled to an dual stack of XW inverters and they are working great, <br>
As for another post comment that these companies are looking to be bought out, Discover is long time battery manufacturer and I feel pretty confident they will be here to honor the warranty.<br>
If you search YouTube you can see a video Discover and I did on my wood shop.<br>
Jason Andrade<br>
West Coast Sustainables <br>
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>> Hi Folks,<br>
>> About to spec my first Lithium battery backup job. The client is not a<br>
>> heavy user, but wants things done right more than being totally cost<br>
>> effective.<br>
>> We put in 14kW of net metered solar using SolarEdge and now he wants the<br>
>> backup component. This was significantly oversized for his use, but he<br>
>> wanted to be sure he was putting a bunch more back into the grid than he<br>
>> was using (making up for past profligate power usage). We will be using a<br>
>> dual stacked XW 6848, mostly for enough backfeed capacity (we could wire<br>
>> in<br>
>> a transfer switch and only use 1 XW, but he'd prefer this setup instead).<br>
>> I have narrowed down my choice for batteries to either:<br>
>> <br>
>> - (2) Iron Edison 200 amp hour batteries, or<br>
>> - (3) Discover AES 130 amp hour batteries<br>
>> <br>
>> Advantages for the AES are that they integrate directly with the Schneider<br>
>> Xanbus network so the Conext battery monitor provides direct insight into<br>
>> the SOC and SOH of the batteries, and they have a slightly higher rated<br>
>> cycle life so higher lifetime energy capacity.<br>
>> <br>
>> Advantages of the IronEdison are they come in a larger amp hour size<br>
>> allowing for only needing 2 vs. 3 batteries, they have an integrated fuse<br>
>> and disconnect, and from my sources are 1/3 less in price.<br>
>> <br>
>> If anyone has any thoughts on any of this, or corrections to my<br>
>> comparison,<br>
>> I'd greatly appreciate it.<br>
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