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I don't know but the general board consensus is the flooded lead acid is still the way to do. A golf cart battery would be $85 with those specs at Sams or Costco. Shipping batteries is also sky high.First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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AGMs may have lower shipping costs--They are not generally "hazardous cargo" (as I recall).
-BillNear San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset -
Now that diesel is selling for less than gasoline, shipping costs should have been lowered by a lot. As we all know...it takes a day to adjust prices up. Months to adjust them down.First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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are there any decent AGM 6v for sale under 150$ 200+ amp hours..
They have got better! They use to be twice the price, 1/2 the capacity, 1/2 the warranty. Now they are about the same capacity as flooded. The real drawback for most people who live offgrid successfully for many years is there is not a way to measure specific gravity.
Even some of my clients only measure one cell ! Doing this lets them calibrate when they go to float. They then test the SG rarely and then very, very rarely there is a problem. Most of the ones I know always get close to 10 years on flooded. A preventative EQ 4 times a year for an hour and knowing that float starts when you really are at 1.270 will give a very decent battery life. Doing more just makes it better! I always oversize PVtracking and battery."we go where power lines don't" Sierra Nevada mountain area
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