<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Mark,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One of the many benefits of Li-ion is the ability to provide much higher continuous current than any comparable size LA battery. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You don\u2019t need more than 2kWh (40Ah) and want to know the smallest battery you can use. To directly answer your question: A 60AH Elite Power Solutions (GBS cells) battery bank @ 48V has about 3 kWh of energy storage. This is a tiny battery bank, just 20\u201dL x 11\u201dW and weighs only 80 pounds. However, it can provide a whopping 9kW (3C) continuous output and up to 31kW momentarily! Thats much more than you will likely ever use. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Though hard to imagine, this will work with your inverter. We have built several 3kW inverter systems @ 12V with a single 100AH battery for starting heavy loads like air compressors and air conditioners. No problem. Whether this is the \u201cbest practice\u201d will require more discussion. Let me know if you need more detailed help as we have many years experience with Li-ion battery systems.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Larry Crutcher</div><div class="">Starlight Solar Power Systems</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">From: Mark Frye <<a href="mailto:markf@berkeleysolar.com" class="">markf@berkeleysolar.com</a>><br class="">Subject: [RE-wrenches] How much Li battery?<br class=""><br class="">In the way back machine I remember being at a product roll out meeting <br class="">for the brand new Outback FX inverter. I asked the engineer, what was <br class="">the smallest battery bank that could be connected to the inverter. He <br class="">said on the fly that probably you would want the battery to "weight" at <br class="">least as much as the inverter. I thought that was a great answer.<br class=""><br class="">Fast forward, with a 4000w Outback Radian, AC coupled with 2000w of PV, <br class="">what is the smallest Li battery I would want for stable operation?<br class=""><br class="">My loads don't really need more than 40ah of capacity.<br class=""><br class="">What is the latest best practice on this?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks.</div></div></div></div>
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