House Batteries

System
System Posts: 2,511 admin
in Solar Product Reviews & Opinions #1
I stumbled upon this 2 year old article that peaked my interest. I live in rural Arizona and would love to have a cost effective battery that could run my house needs and be rechaged by the sun each day.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/article_b0372fd8-3f3c-11de-ac77-001cc4c002e0.html

What happened to this effort? There are so many great ideas that get killed somehow.
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,662 admin
    #2
    Re: House Batteries

    That article was from 2009... No real news on that front from Cermatec that I can find.

    http://www.ceramatec.com/news/index.php

    We have a few threads here from several years ago about this announcement/company.

    For the most part, until somebody is selling lots of something from stock--These R&D articles are probably not going to affect us in the near term.

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • System2
    System2 Posts: 6,290 admin
    #3
    Re: House Batteries

    OK Thanks for that feedback

    It sounded too good to be true. I have to wonder if any company has picked up on the technology and tried to advance it.

    I'm still waiting for battery technology to improve over what we have to live with today. I don't find any of the current offerings very appealing.
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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: House Batteries

    Have yoou looked into grid tied solar? A popular misconception about solar is that you need batteries. In fact, batteries ( if the grid is available) only make the equation more expensive and less efficient.

    Tony
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