A New Battery
As most of you know we are on solar power at the lake There is a back up propane generator but most of the time we exist totally on what shines from the skies. Our lifestyle there is not compromised, although perhaps not exactly what we have in the city. For instance we do not have A/C, dishwasher or laundry. On the other hand I use a hair dryer and a vacuum cleaner, and all measure of other stuff including and electric fridge with no worries. old battery So far we have been managing with a biggish (technical term) lead acid battery. Think similar to one that might be used on an electric fork truck. That is our old battery above. This has worked well for us over the years but is a bit of a science project. Some of the shortcomings with the lead acid were issues around the amount of water it liked to drink and issues around the state of charge vs freezing temperatures in the winter (plus all sorts of checking of this and that...