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Company CEO Elon Musk is expected on Thursday to unveil batteries capable of powering a home or a business, giving consumers with solar panels a chance to generate and store their own energy, and to potentially cut the cord with traditional power providers.
originally posted by: Qumulys
a reply to: Kashai
Except that to my knowledge in my state, you legally have to be connected to the grid. I wonder if those laws will ever be reviewed some time soon. I doubt it.
Either way, Elon Musk is awesome and he should be the celebrity (not Kim K) that young kids look up to.
originally posted by: VoidHawk
The batteries are still too expensive, and they have a limit on how many times they can be charged. I use the same type in my R/C Helicopters and I get about 150 charges per battery, more if I dont drain them too much before charging. Some electric bycicles use the same type of battery, and they get about 300 charges.
They are fantastic batteries, they just need to get the price down by a long way!
originally posted by: Kashai
Company CEO Elon Musk is expected on Thursday to unveil batteries capable of powering a home or a business, giving consumers with solar panels a chance to generate and store their own energy, and to potentially cut the cord with traditional power providers.
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Essentially this means that if you have enough solar power capacity to power some percentage of your home, you no longer have to depend upon the power grid.
originally posted by: Thisisfun2015
Actually you can currently buy extra large batteries and make a battery bank for your home solar setup quite easily. I know many people who have already done it. the average cost is about 300 per battery if you buy them second hand- they are huge and can be run on 24 or 12 watt systems
one friend has about 30 of them and his solar set up is one to envy as well - my goal is to have a similar setup one day unless my hubby gets his permanent magnet generator perfected first
All elon musk is doing is finding a new commercially recognized way to do what rv'ers and off gridders have already been doing
we have a nice battery bank of marine batteries, they don't last forever but last usually for a couple years at least with good maintenance
I am currently looking to stock up on more flexible solar sheets though and they are cheaper now like 129 on ebay