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>>bookof+(OP)
I stopped reading at paragraph 4. What idiot is buying lead acid batteries in 2023 for solar storage systems?

4 12V 200AH deep cycle lead acid batteries cost $1552 on Amazon and hold as much energy in practice as a 100AH 48V LFP battery which last 15 years, minimum, and only costs about 6% more up front. (Not linking to specific batteries in order to not shill for them, but do a little searching for 100AH 48V 4U server rack LFP batteries on youtube, and you will find dozens of tutorials.) Quality inverters last 30 years, not 10.

Are these people TRYING to light money on fire? Are they fronting for someone by trying to make solar look impractical? Or are they just stupid?

>>1053r+Cf
Lead acid has some really good benefits for low end off grid solar, not least of which is the relative lack of rapid exothermic decomposition.

And the only inverters we know will last 30 years had to have been made in the 90s …

>>bombca+Bj
I don't understand the benefit relative to lfp that the parent comment mentioned. Those are very safe.

Lead acid is much more dangerous than that, IMO, due to the potential offgassing.