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[โ€“] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Who sells good parts for this? Looking at a lot of batteries and it's like ยฃ1 of energy storage for ยฃ3k. Would need to fully charge and discharge it well over 3000 times to pay for its self and that doesn't count the solar panels either.

I have heard of people talk of much shorter payback periods so I assume better must exist and I am just looking at the wrong things? Or go for a smaller battery and just make use of the solar power during the day and the battery only holds a fairly small capacity but balances loads a bit.

[โ€“] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I know this is a Buy European community, but when it comes to batteries, aliexpress is still your best bet. You can build your own or buy a pack that is ready to plug and play

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