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Do batterie exist that work like the balcony solar? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 day ago by HubertManne@piefed.social to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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So the big thing with the balcony solar to me is it can be plugged into a standard outlet and it would work without sending electricity downstream to the system somehow. So it seemed to be smart like that. Let me know if I have a misunderstanding here. So I always felt like having batteries would be useful enough without solar as you could (at least in my area) take the hourly electric rate and charge it during non peak times and have it be used during peak hours. This in addition to getting through power outages. So im kinda wondering if there are balcony battery options that would allow for this. Plug it into an outlet and setup when not to charge and when to provide power. Anyone know if this is a thing?

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[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They sell larger batteries for camping (and power outages etc.). I didn't think it'll do the specific charging your looking for but, that all sounds doable with some extra hardware to regulate the charging.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah the thing is the balcony solar seems to have this thing where it provides power to your home but prevents it from sending power to the grid. I figured well it would be great to have a battery do like that. Mainly because I could have it on the balcony without having to get the association to allow it. Might be able to do the same with the solar panels if I don't hang them but that would decrease what they get from the sun even more.