{"id":2445,"date":"2012-07-19T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T21:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2012-07-19T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T21:05:26","slug":"solar-trailer-battery-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2012\/07\/19\/solar-trailer-battery-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Trailer Battery Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px\"> 3.2 volt 180 amp-hour (Ah) Lithium Ion battery has an outstanding life cycle of 2000 (number of times the battery can withstand being\u00a0completely\u00a0charged and then discharged). \u00a0There<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> are 16 high capacity battery packs, \u00a0each containing 3 individual batteries connected in parallel to reach 540Ah. \u00a0Each pack can deliver 540 amps for an hour or 270 amps for half an hour. \u00a0The Solar Trailer could completely charge a Nissan Leaf which has a 24kWh battery pack. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The batteries are also <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px\">equipped with a Battery\u00a0Management\u00a0System (BMS) which will prevent the batteries from overcharging or discharging.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2447 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2012\/07\/lithium1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"lithium1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2012\/07\/lithium1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2012\/07\/lithium1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The Solar Trailer initially had 16 12V batteries (sets of 4 connected in parallel) that weighed roughly 2,600 pounds. \u00a0The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Lithium Ion batteries weigh a measly 12.5 pounds each and there are 48 total which equates to 600 pounds. \u00a0The Solar Trailer upgraded to better batteries and shed 2000 pounds in the process. \u00a0Not only is the trailer incredibly lighter, there is much more space inside of the trailer as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 15px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2012\/07\/0629121628a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"0629121628a\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3.2 volt 180 amp-hour (Ah) Lithium Ion battery has an outstanding life cycle of 2000 (number of times the battery can withstand being\u00a0completely\u00a0charged and then discharged). \u00a0There are 16 high capacity battery packs, \u00a0each containing 3 individual batteries connected in parallel to reach 540Ah. \u00a0Each pack can deliver 540 amps for an hour or 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