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[lostagain]

The best return on investment today is still the good old flooded acid battery. I don't see the advantage in spending any more money on anything else.

JC

[bobofthenorth]

The best return on investment today is still the good old flooded acid battery. I don't see the advantage in spending any more money on anything else.

Absolutely true with one big caveat: As long as you do the routine maintenance.

If you're not going to do the maintenance and do it religiously then spend the money for AGMs

[buswarrior]

Everyone lists the advantages and what they'll do...

What about the dangers of lithium in the hands of goofs like us?

If a busnut can't take care of a flooded lead acid battery, murdering them via a number of methods...

How much danger is the same dolt's neighbours in, parked alongside in the campground, when it all goes wrong?

Overcharging, undercharging, short-circuiting, overloading, dropping them, ignoring physical changes in their apearance, miswiring a bank of them, etc...

Every crazy thing a busnut has done to lead-acid, what happens to lithium with the same disregard and ignorance?

Why do my firefighter friends not like electric cars at accident scenes?

Ain't no free lunch, and the fact nobody is talking about the specific safety issues with lithium has me very suspicious.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[neoneddy]

The fire danger of lithium is mostly with the volatile cells Telsa uses, Lithium Iron Phosphate cells are safe and don't explode like the 18650 cells Tesla uses.

But yeah, I'm shorting the market on lithium battery prices.