Most home storage is Lifepo4, rather than lithium ion.
It’s a bit more expensive, and only has 80% of the capacity. In tradeoff, it gains 3-5x the lifespan, and an inability to burst into flames.
Bigger brands tend to be more reliable in capacity and lifespan. Cheap ones are more hit and miss. It might be fine, it might fail after 3 years, rather than 10.
I’m the UK, 10kWh from a large brand (sigenergy) costs about £2k, but cheaper brands you can get about 3x the storage for that price.
Thanks! I’m more in the $100’s kind of budget.
What are the drawbacks or tradeoffs for cheaper brands? The recent Lumafield report on lithium ion batteries was horrifying.
Most home storage is Lifepo4, rather than lithium ion.
It’s a bit more expensive, and only has 80% of the capacity. In tradeoff, it gains 3-5x the lifespan, and an inability to burst into flames.
Bigger brands tend to be more reliable in capacity and lifespan. Cheap ones are more hit and miss. It might be fine, it might fail after 3 years, rather than 10.