Comment by ok_dad

Comment by ok_dad 11 hours ago

5 replies

I wouldn't want a battery in my basement. if there is a fire in the battery your house will turn into a smoking hole, in the literal sense. Maybe if it was an iron-air battery or something safe, but not the current generation chemistry batteries.

lukan 8 hours ago

" but not the current generation chemistry batteries."

Check for "Saltwaterbatteries", they are starting to reach consumer markets and literally cannot burn as the energy is stored as ... salt water.

  • XorNot 6 hours ago

    Seems like the peak was around 2017 but they never performed particularly well?[1]

    The problem is if the promise from the name was true, they'd be everywhere - they're not, so invariably much like vanadiun-redox or iron-flow batteries it turns out all the other details make them more expensive and less performant.

    [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquion_Energy

disentanglement 9 hours ago

Yeah, I'm not saying it's a good idea. But you could do it if you wanted to.

adrianN 3 hours ago

LFP should be about as safe as other stuff people tend to store in their basements.

  • privatelypublic 2 hours ago

    LFP's biggest issue is people aren't used to "Phenomenal Cosmic kW/h... itty bitty living space!" Yet.