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Re:An open-source flow battery kit by 0cf8612b2e1e on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:52PM (#41240241)
That’s incredible. I wonder what are the costs relative to a grid scale battery of equivalent size.

I only wish they made one that were barrel sized and fit for consumers. Worst case, you have a leak vs a home battery fire.

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Re:An open-source flow battery kit by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @08:01PM (#41241161)
> Worst case, you have a leak vs a home battery fire.

Battery fires are an EV (and then, only certain models) and laptop/phone thing. Only a few home batteries use the really flammable electrolytes (mostly Tesla Powerwalls, I'd bet). Most people are using LFP for home, which is less expensive and doesn't have the fire problem.

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