DIY ESS - Now for Sale on eBay !

After the famous French ads website Leboncoin.fr, I decided to put the DIY ESS Kit #1 for sale on eBay to reach more people around the world

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181233977079

Here is my ad, but if you would like to purchase it, do it from here please, there will be no sales commission and more for me, thanks ;-)

Buy it from my dedicated website here: http://diyesskit.blogspot.com

or Click here :

DIY ESS - Fan Grid installed

After purchasing longer screws, I finally installed the recently protection grid for the fan on my ESS

Looking more professional like this, no ?

DIY ESS - Looking for a metal cabinet for the whole system

After a discussion on a forum somebody mentionned that all the ESS components should be enclosed in a metal cabinet for safety, and he is right. Actually I had been thinking about this because it is a bit messy in my bedroom ! But this is because I am still experimenting and testing a lot. Also the chargers and grid tie inverters need to breath well :-)

I found these interesting metal cabinet from Ikea at home that could of interest: for a 5kWh system

For a 10kWh or 15 kWh ESS, that would be good

I am getting helped here :-)

GreenTech Media NYC Energy Storage Conference - My Reaction & Proposal

After watching the whole GreenTech Media conference on Energy Storage that took place in NYC the day before, I learned a lot from the speakers: this will be a fast growing market, can save people good money over time and releave stress from the grid - potentialy avoiding black outs -; A Battery ESS will have to be low cost, otherwise not many people will be willing to get one - especially if they are still paying their solar system loan -
Towards the end, these "experts in this field" agree to the conclusion that the batteries still cost too much and are not safe ... and that no real product exists right now ...

Hearing that, I could not help reacting to this "status quo" situation and posted a comment on this Youtube video: After all these months of testing my LiFePO4 Energy Storage System - ESS - , I can tell that I will be able to offer a solution pretty soon, and it will be Low Cost, will use High Quality & Safe LiFePO4 Batteries - actually the best on the market today -, and will be Fully Automatic !

As I wrote it, I think I could start offering this DIY ESS Kit for 2,500 to 3,000 Euros, that is for a 4.5kWh System