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Battery Capacity - The Basis of Storage - Self Study

Christopher LaForge • Last updated 02/2021

4.5/5 (view ratings)

4252 students

1 module

41 minutes

5 assignments

Course description

Students who enroll in this lecture will:

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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Full course outline

Module 1 - Video, Resources, Call-In Information, and Questions

In this module, you'll watch the video lecture, check out the supporting resources, and download an MP3 recording of a 1-hour Q+A call with Christopher LaForge.

Battery Capacity - The Basis of Storage (41:50 minutes)
1-hour Q+A Call Recording (.mp3)
Article: Battery Backup Basics for Solar PV by Christopher LaForge

Author

Christopher LaForge

Certified Master Trainer (IREC), NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Professional - Emeritus , Great Northern Solar

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... Learn more

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4.5

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4,252 students have taken this course

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by Hosam Eldin Hamed 10/27/2022

Excellent course that enhanced my knowledge

by Stephen Mennuti, CEO, Menu of Homes Inc. 10/23/2022

the most basic if information without which further study would be impos

by moatasem tarek 10/13/2022

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