Hi this is Amy from the altE Store.
I'm back with Jordan from SimpliPhi.
And we are going to talk a little bit about the advantages of using a lithium battery
over some of the other technologies.
So why don't you give us a brief overview of what makes this chemistry different.
For sure.
This battery, this is the PHI3.4, so 3.4 means name plate capacity, 3.4kWh.
Within this unit, we are using LFP chemistry.
That stands for lithium ferrous phosphate.
So basically, by using LFP, you are not going to have the same heat issues that you run
into with other lithium technologies.
So for instance, you hear about lithium batteries catching on fire, or exploding, in cell phones,
or laptop computers..
airplanes.. Yes, exactly.
So that battery chemistry is what's most commonly used in lithium ion cells.
We are still in the lithium ion family, but we are a much safer, a lot less toxic, and
easily recyclable technology.
Nice.
And so, advantages of this over say some of the more traditional chemistries.
Right, so lead acid, VRLA, AGM.
So basically with this unit, you're going to be able to get 10,000 cycles, or 10 years
of use out of it.
And that's at 80% depth of discharge.
So with the typical lead acid system, you're only going to 50% depth of discharge, or about
3000 cycle.
So your going to get a lot more bang for your buck in the long run by going with the lithium
technology.
So you can use more of the stored energy, and for a lot longer.
Correct.
So a 10 year system, you'll only need to buy one battery bank.
Versus having to repeat that whole purchasing process two or even three times.
Right.
So then even trying to compare batteries, you can't really compare kWh to kWh of the
different, because with the lead, you're only going to be using half of it, whereas with
the lithium you can use 80%.
Right.
You can't really compare name plate amp hour capacity to nameplate amp hour capacity.
But one of the easiest ways to compare is called the levelized cost of energy.
So basically you take the actual price of the unit, you divide it out by what's the
efficiency, how many cycles can I get, what depth of discharge can I get, and all that
comes out to be a price per kWh.
So what's the value of every kWh that I can get out of this, over its lifetime.
Yes.
So although the upfront cost will certainly be more, when you look at it over the life
of your system, it's... It's about half the price.
That's pretty good.
So you've got a safe battery, completely sealed, no off-gassing No gasses, no fumes,
no restrictions of where you can install it.
This can be installed on its side, it doesn't have to be vertically aligned,
there's no maintenance on it.
So it's pretty worry-free, once you get it installed.
Right.
And again, it's even got its own battery management system, it's got its own breaker.
So you've really got a nice, safe, and over the life of the system, very affordable solution.
Right.
It's very cost effective.
That's terrific.
Alright, well thank you so much.
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This is Jordan from SimpliPhi.
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