According to the news around here, lead acid batteries are the most
recycled device on the planet... They are just about to open a new
"green" recycling plant here that doesn't generate all the bad gasses
that a normal plant does when heating the mess to 1300 degrees to melt
it all apart.. So we have been given the 30 second crash news
education on lead acid batteries for the last week...
On 10/01/2016 11:53 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I would think lead-acid batteries are almost 100% recyclable, I’m not
sure about Li-Ion. I try to avoid Chinese made AGM batteries because of
their poor track record on the environment, but it’s hard to avoid them
entirely.
Maybe I’m naïve, and when I take used batteries to the battery dealer
for recycling, they toss them in the dumpster and they are hauled to the
landfill. But I would think at least the lead would be worth enough to
recover.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Lewis Bergman
*Sent:* Saturday, October 1, 2016 1:43 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Solar costs dropping
That seems expensive for the AH. They sound like they recover better
from deep discharge. The last time I bought 75AH batteries they were
~$200 each. so for somewhere less than half the money you get close to
the same AH and they added bonus of destroying the planet.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 12:57 PM Kurt Fankhauser
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I've been seriously looking at solar for off grid, biggest problem
was the batteries but then I found these salt water batteries that
seem to be the solution to all the problems associated with battery
systems, they have a 24v version for a 2.2Kwh cell that I was going
to wire up to an APC-XL ups and see what happened....
https://www.altestore.com/store/deep-cycle-batteries/saltwater-batteries/aquion-energy-saltwater-batteries-p40483/?gclid=CjwKEAjwvb2_BRCb_s7Yo7_ZlHASJABz6L0jfIx1iUFerslueuwJHCmFBqRfykUmLVgmbE3Ho39nZRoCgpXw_wcB#AQU24S-83
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
https://electrek.co/2016/09/26/solar-power-cost-down-25-in-five-months-theres-no-reason-why-the-cost-of-solar-will-ever-increase-again/
And wait until Peroksvite starts selling….
Thought you might like that Chuck.
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