Battery Capacity - The Basis of Storage
About this course
- Be able to properly define battery capacity
- Define amp-hours and watt-hours
- Learn about the active elements of a battery and how they affect capacity
- Learn how battery capacity is measured
- Learn what discharge rates are, how they affect capacity, and how to convert one rate to another
- Encounter the vagaries of the Peukert constant
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Course outline
Module 1 • 5 assignments
Video, Resources, Call-In Information, and Questions
Authors
Christopher LaForge
Christopher LaForge is the CEO of Great Northern Solar and a NABCEP certified photovoltaic installer-emeritus. He has been designing, specifying, and installing systems since 1988. He has been an instructor with the MREA since 1993 teaching Advanced Photovoltaic design and installation and is an ISPQ Affiliated Master Trainer. In 2016 he was named IREC's Master Trainer...
Brick Maier
I currently work on delivering tailored learning experiences that help partner teams solve problems faster. In a fast paced high change environment, training needs to be accurate, modular, and adaptable. I am developing programs that leverage the collective expertise of the crowd to vet and scale content to help teams apply what they learned in their role. I believe...