Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades

Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by ghaff on Saturday April 03, 2021 @01:25PM (#26682852)

Really? Houses in the US draw 10x on average relative to the UK? That seems unlikely.

ADDED: I can believe there's some difference because of AC but I basically don't have AC (just one window unit I run a few days a year), have oil heat, and have a somewhat smaller than average house but I still use about 20kWh/day.

The delta does seem to be real though.

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by maxerickson on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:22PM (#26683373)

My highest months come out to less than 10 kWh per day. This is work from home + running the furnace (blower and pumps) and running a humidifier. Lots of months will be less than 200 KWh total.

This is a medium size house in a colder region of the US.

Do you have an electric hot water heater? That would probably boost my use a lot.

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by kragen on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:13PM (#26683280)

I wonder if your house is smaller than the world average or even the UK average? It probably has less thermal mass than the UK average. What are you spending your 800 watts on?

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