Battery rentals??
This is something I do not know of, can you give some details, Is it a somewhat new option?
Ron
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> Is there anyone out there that has more power generation ability than
> they need on their boat? It may be true that some solar and wind
> generation is on them but hardly enough to do more than maintain their
> house system. If you have more than enough then why not save some bucks
> by mooring rather than using a slip with power? I doubt the return from
> the power company would come close to the savings obtained by mooring.
>
> It makes more sense to hold off on the panels until you are ready to
> cruise, than to install for five years down the road. If you are
> planning to cruise, then why install an inverter that is designed to pay
> the grid? Then I guess that not to many people are really getting ready
> for that, so why not get a i2000 for the weeks you use the boat? If you
> are getting ready to cruise it also makes a lot of sense to rent
> batteries to test the system, and wait to purchase batteries till you
> will put them to use.
>
> In Newport Beach,CA the taxes for a mooring including live-aboard permit
> was only $1500 a year in 2002, slips were over $300 a month. If you
> aren't going to need the power why invest? Toys are nice, but a little
> common sense is golden. Unless of course your desire is to sponsor the grid.
>
>
> Kevin Pemberton
>
>
> Chris Witzgall wrote:
> >
> > Most electric companies, at least the ones in the states, do not allow
> > this buy and sell back method using your batteries as storage. It does
> > not work out to be cost effective usually, but I guess it could if the
> > battery technology was LIFEPO4 or something that accepted 3000+ charge
> > cycles. We have a 4000w inverter and a 48v system in our house – the
> > inverter does have this as a factory setting, you sent the times when
> > you want to "Buy and sell" Our power company forbids the use of this
> > setting.
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
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