One of my buddies just did an off the grid solar system with the silver cell batteries. He said it will take him 4-5 years to recuperate the cost but after that he’s good for life.
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One of my buddies just did an off the grid solar system with the silver cell batteries. He said it will take him 4-5 years to recuperate the cost but after that he’s good for life.
Sounds good. Not sure how long batteries last though. Don't know much about silver cell batteries but most of the stuff I've seen you'd be lucky to get 10 years out of them so you need a relatively short payoff.
The silver cell batteries are the same ones used in Teslas. If you run them in series instead of just using one or two only the life expectancy is between 15-25 years depending on if you do the yearly maintenance they recommend. My buddies house needs just over one battery at full charge for a days usage. He has four batteries. Uses three hooked up, every six months he is going to rotate a battery out. If the batteries last him 12 years he will have saved himself 25K in electric bills. He was paying almost $400 a month for electricity.