doing some research into lithium cells recently, its clear that they could offer significant benefits to the rig. I was looking at some options and one that piqued my interest more than doubled our storage capacity, but arguably more importantly, it was a fraction of the weight of our current batteries.
The heaviest part of the rig currently, is easily the batteries which currently weigh ~8kgs. the lithium cell batteries according to the information on the site had the collective system weighing just over 1kg. the cost of all those cells was only about $50 more than our current set-up.
This is by no means a high priority upgrade at this stage, but buoyancy is starting to become a factor for consideration and if it we're forced to look for means to increase the rigs buoyancy, this is the low-hanging fruit which has the highest benefit-cost ratio, as a result of the substantial weight decrease and ridiculous increase of power storage
doing some research into lithium cells recently, its clear that they could offer significant benefits to the rig. I was looking at some options and one that piqued my interest more than doubled our storage capacity, but arguably more importantly, it was a fraction of the weight of our current batteries.
The heaviest part of the rig currently, is easily the batteries which currently weigh ~8kgs. the lithium cell batteries according to the information on the site had the collective system weighing just over 1kg. the cost of all those cells was only about $50 more than our current set-up.
This is by no means a high priority upgrade at this stage, but buoyancy is starting to become a factor for consideration and if it we're forced to look for means to increase the rigs buoyancy, this is the low-hanging fruit which has the highest benefit-cost ratio, as a result of the substantial weight decrease and ridiculous increase of power storage