Just my 2 cents, look at Blue ion from Blue Planet Energy, l have installed new and also switched over from other batteries, been very happy with performance
On Fri, May 3, 2019, 2:30 PM Jason Andrade <ja...@westcoastsustainables.com> wrote: > > Howie, > I’ve used a few different brands and am currently using the Discover AES, > I have a quad stack of the coupled to an dual stack of XW inverters and > they are working great, > As for another post comment that these companies are looking to be bought > out, Discover is long time battery manufacturer and I feel pretty confident > they will be here to honor the warranty. > If you search YouTube you can see a video Discover and I did on my wood > shop. > Jason Andrade > West Coast Sustainables > > > > > > >> Hi Folks, > >> About to spec my first Lithium battery backup job. The client is not a > >> heavy user, but wants things done right more than being totally cost > >> effective. > >> We put in 14kW of net metered solar using SolarEdge and now he wants the > >> backup component. This was significantly oversized for his use, but he > >> wanted to be sure he was putting a bunch more back into the grid than he > >> was using (making up for past profligate power usage). We will be > using a > >> dual stacked XW 6848, mostly for enough backfeed capacity (we could wire > >> in > >> a transfer switch and only use 1 XW, but he'd prefer this setup > instead). > >> I have narrowed down my choice for batteries to either: > >> > >> - (2) Iron Edison 200 amp hour batteries, or > >> - (3) Discover AES 130 amp hour batteries > >> > >> Advantages for the AES are that they integrate directly with the > Schneider > >> Xanbus network so the Conext battery monitor provides direct insight > into > >> the SOC and SOH of the batteries, and they have a slightly higher rated > >> cycle life so higher lifetime energy capacity. > >> > >> Advantages of the IronEdison are they come in a larger amp hour size > >> allowing for only needing 2 vs. 3 batteries, they have an integrated > fuse > >> and disconnect, and from my sources are 1/3 less in price. > >> > >> If anyone has any thoughts on any of this, or corrections to my > >> comparison, > >> I'd greatly appreciate it. > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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