IMO any type of Li-ion battery system is a gamble. They may work or they may not. If you are worried about wasting your money then stay with an FLA chemistry. At least if you do not follow the required maintenance procedure the worst is that they just run out of water and fail. If you fail to follow the maintenance procedure with Lithium the result may be a little more exciting.
If money is no issue then try out the Li-ion chemistry. Good luck.
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Is Li-ion now viable for off-grid?
I have an off grid system built around the FP1 (FX3048 & FM80) which has been running nicely for about three years. I let the water get low on my Trojan L16s and damaged some of them. So Im shopping for a new battery bank.
Ive become quit disillusioned by Lead Acid technology and Im very keen to give Li-ion a go. I know in the past it was poo-poo'd for complexity. But it seems it may be a more viable option these days.
While I would love to get some Simpli-phi batteries https://www.altestore.com/blog/2017/02/ ... batteries/ the price is too high for my budget. But searching on ebay, there are several options from the auto industry which are sold with BMS systems which seem to be a plug-n-play solution for my off-grid needs.
I just got an email back from the "EV Battery Center" company (attached below).
So, I'm trying to get some feedback on this idea...is it a viable solution? Or should I be looking at something else? I was starting to get excited about Aquion, but with them filing bankruptcy, it drops them out of contention.
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