03-19-2018, 12:59 PM
Thanks everybody for sharing their experiences. If my nearly 6-year old Kirkland deep-cycle battery could bastardize a late-night commercial in the near future it would probably be "My voltage has fallen and I can't get it up."
I've seen golf cart batteries mentioned here, and I'm trying to learn more about them. For smaller, DIY, "hybrid" type systems, what are everybody's battery experiences? I'm not interested in investing a lot of money for battery power storage because I have no intention (for now) of leaving the grid, but I would like enough storage for bad weather, dark clouds, and limited emergency backup. My array was self-engineered around the concept of using the power as it's generated (roughly 8 hours per day) and then clocking out and letting the grid handle the rest, so I don't need a really robust battery solution.
I've seen golf cart batteries mentioned here, and I'm trying to learn more about them. For smaller, DIY, "hybrid" type systems, what are everybody's battery experiences? I'm not interested in investing a lot of money for battery power storage because I have no intention (for now) of leaving the grid, but I would like enough storage for bad weather, dark clouds, and limited emergency backup. My array was self-engineered around the concept of using the power as it's generated (roughly 8 hours per day) and then clocking out and letting the grid handle the rest, so I don't need a really robust battery solution.