"Delburt D" wrote in message
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Where is the high capacity battery technology heading? The last major
advancement I am aware of was the development of lithium ion technology
but you don't see many of those in really big battery applications.
Lithium can also be a bit dicy in terms of handling (or getting wet) if I
recall correctly.

Seems like we are still stuck in the lead/acid age, either in wet cell or
AGM configurations despite many years of forecasts predicting major
technological breakthroughs in battery construction.

Eisboch

Excellent Question! Actually there are several new advancements in
Lithium Ion technology. There is a company producing a nano based lithium
Ion battery that is half the weight of lead acid and can be charged and
discharged in six minute cycles. The batteries are quite expensive right
now but they are in production now. These are litteraly bullet proof.
The developers have run extreme punishment testing and the only thing that
happens is the batteries stop functioning. You would expect this to happen
if you shove a metal rod through the caseG

snipped for brevity


Excellent answer!

Thanks.

Eisboch