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Alkaline, NI-CD/NI-MH, etc ... purchasing in huge quantities, multiple chargers stacking up ... all problems. At our homestead, we have moved away from all of that older tech, and towards lithium. This seems to be the low-hanging fruit?
Many of our newer devices (ie, HT Radios) come now with lithium packs, our electric powertool-line is lithium, and our off-grid homestead in its entirety is LiFePO4.
For those older devices that still have AA/AAA/C/D slots, amazingly, lithium in that form factor now seems readily available. This will help us on the path to getting more life out of, but ultimately jettisoning the older tech devices, and replacing with newer tech (similar device, but tech refreshed to newer model with lithium packs).
There may still be some edge cases where you have to have another chemistry, but in ours (southern rockies at elevation, still plenty cold), we've already got "warm buildings" (we don't want any outbuilding at freezing or lower), and thus no charging problems with lithium. Also, few use cases where we aren't successful with lithium AA/AAA/C/D replacement batteries, or portable AC power schemes (powertool-line inverter & batttery packs).
Is this working out the same way for others, or is it at least on your radar?
Many of our newer devices (ie, HT Radios) come now with lithium packs, our electric powertool-line is lithium, and our off-grid homestead in its entirety is LiFePO4.
For those older devices that still have AA/AAA/C/D slots, amazingly, lithium in that form factor now seems readily available. This will help us on the path to getting more life out of, but ultimately jettisoning the older tech devices, and replacing with newer tech (similar device, but tech refreshed to newer model with lithium packs).
There may still be some edge cases where you have to have another chemistry, but in ours (southern rockies at elevation, still plenty cold), we've already got "warm buildings" (we don't want any outbuilding at freezing or lower), and thus no charging problems with lithium. Also, few use cases where we aren't successful with lithium AA/AAA/C/D replacement batteries, or portable AC power schemes (powertool-line inverter & batttery packs).
Is this working out the same way for others, or is it at least on your radar?