Clearly you are correct .. hence the statement "They seem suitable for a boat with a constant charge source (wind/solar/shore power)."
They have to be kept hot and will shut down after 3-4 days without added power.
I was more interested to see if anyone had any practical experience with them, and if there was any data on pricing. If they are in active use in production EVs, they must have some advantages.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Geier <matthew@...> wrote:
>
> On 17/11/10 11:21, Galstaf wrote:
> >
> > Sodium aluminumchloride (245 Celsius) are already in use in some electric vehicles in Europe (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modec) .. has anyone heard anything about them in the States or perhaps got any idea about reliability or pricing.
> > They seem suitable for a boat with a constant charge source (wind/solar/shore power).
> >
> > Thoughts or comments?
> >
> How to you 'cold start' if on a boat and you have let the system cool
> down ?. You need an alternative power source to get the system running
> again, which if anchored in a remote bay some where, plugging into the
> 'grid' to kick start the system will not be an option.
>
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