Discussing my solar system, and addressing the LiFePO4 hype. Edit: I made this video almost 3 years ago, and never published it until now. This setup is still running 24/7 after 3 years, and showing no signs of stopping.
Evening Possum, good to see ya posting. Back in the 80s I worked out of telephone central office, I was the sub cable guy and also did OSP and HF antenna maintenance, we had a bank of LA batts, that had been there since the 60s, simple monthly maintenance. We had a charge controller that manual charged em but you had to do it on a regular basis. I have been considering a solar set up I currently have a rudimentary set up for a H20 pump system I use to move water from cistern to my outside shower, animal water, and garden water. Its been going for over a year and it was a set of replaced 800CCA batterys that had been in my F250 IDI dates on batts are 02/2019.
Hey Frog; good to hear from you, my friend. I'm not surprised that you have a battery setup. I used to be able to get glass cased telcom batteries that were originally 8V but had a dead cell. Cut the strap to the dead cell and use them as 6V batteries. They were cheap, high capacity and still had lots of life remaining. Wish I could still get those.
A fork lift battery is designed to be discharged 100% every 8 hr shift and last for many years and after it's usefull life in a lift they can be reconditioned and used for 20 more years in a solar setup. . I purchased a 36v 750 amp hr battery for $250
