LG Chem battery

mcgivor
mcgivor Solar Expert Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
Came across this on an Australian site, much like the Tesla powerwall, retails for less than $ 8k Australian, see pdf.
1500W, 6× Schutten 250W Poly panels , Schneider MPPT 60 150 CC, Schneider SW 2524 inverter, 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery with Battery Bodyguard BMS 
Second system 1890W  3 × 300W No name brand poly, 3×330 Sunsolar Poly panels, Morningstar TS 60 PWM controller, no name 2000W inverter 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery with Daly BMS, used for water pumping and day time air conditioning.  
5Kw Yanmar clone single cylinder air cooled diesel generator for rare emergency charging and welding.

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  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,731 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    They also have a model RESU 10 that can be double installed for 20 KWH. They will be available to purchase in North America in early 2017
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  • jonr
    jonr Solar Expert Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭✭
    I see advertised prices equal to $4200 USD.  Based on specs, that's slightly cheaper than a lead acid T105RE on a $/KWH/cycle basis.

    I am available for custom hardware/firmware development

  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,731 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Read the warranty on the LG. all 8 pages.....It will be years before the price makes sense comparing to lead acid on cost alone.
    Maintenance and not worring about state of charge may make the LG worth the price in many applications.
    Also, you can't just add the LG to a Schneider or Outback system!  There is another "box" besides the BMS that is internal to the LG.
    Add all of this to a world economy that is really anemic and you can see why it is taking so long for the metal with an atomic number of 3 to make it to primetime in home storage for the masses. Austrailia really is the place it started becuase of their grid. 
    We do not want a Samsung Galaxy in this industry!  We are beta testing outside of LG BTW.
    That was the problem at Samsung in my opinion!

    "we go where power lines don't" Sierra Nevada mountain area
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    E-mail offgridsolar@sti.net