Battery Capacity - The Basis of Storage - Self Study
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
1 module • 6 assignments • 40 minutes of video lectures
Module 1 • 4 assignments
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 (39:42 minutes)
- 1-hour Q+A Call Recording (.mp3)
- Article: Energy Storage Basics for Solar PV by Christopher LaForge
- Totally optional: iPhone App for taking this class (50 seconds)
Author
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Christopher LaForge
Certified Master Trainer (IREC), NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Professional - Emeritus , Great Northern SolarChristopher 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