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that's why you have batteries, to store up the energy collected during the day to use later. you can find batteries real cheap often free too, a wire gets pinched or a cell dies and the whole thing gets warrantied, they chunk the old one, give the customer a new one, again, with a little know how, open it up, replace the bms, a new 48v 100 ah will run you maybe 75 dollars, or replace the bad cell, charge and balance and you again, are good to go.
my current setup, i got 24 kw of panels and 96 kw/hr of battery. my 5 volcminers pull about 60 kw a day. i can go 2 rainy days before it dumps out for good. even on shitty days you get some power it's not totally dark. with a little switch voo doo you can even pull power on a bright moonlit night.
again, paying for this, no you wont break even, but if you can get a lot of the stuff for free / near free, it's an option.
check battery stores, they tend to get a ton of lith's they are happy to be rid of for free. the la's recycle, liths no longer and the ferro chems never did really for some reason.
Aaron
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