I've watched some tear-down videos of popular brands but I've yet to see anyone discuss how upgrade-able or replaceable the battery technology is in the portable micro systems.
I'm guessing some of the bigger brands are using proprietary-sized batteries. For these, I imagine it will be difficult to cost-effectively upgrade or replace batteries. But could some of the up-and-coming manufactures be using more off-the-shelf components that could be easily replaced? Inverters are likely proprietary and not worth fixing should they die; however, a decent SCC with replaceable batteries in a portable size will always have utility, right? Especially when something better than LiFePO4 comes along and can easily be swapped in.
Am I just way thinking anyone would ever change anything in these units?
I'm specifically looking at the Beaudens 166Wh marketing material. The LiFePO4 batteries look pretty standard. I feel like this would be a good unit for my kids to learn about how solar can power their brains, er, phones. I'm hoping they get interested in understanding the technology and basic circuitry so they want to open it up, play around with my multimeter, and plan a path of upgrade.
I'm guessing some of the bigger brands are using proprietary-sized batteries. For these, I imagine it will be difficult to cost-effectively upgrade or replace batteries. But could some of the up-and-coming manufactures be using more off-the-shelf components that could be easily replaced? Inverters are likely proprietary and not worth fixing should they die; however, a decent SCC with replaceable batteries in a portable size will always have utility, right? Especially when something better than LiFePO4 comes along and can easily be swapped in.
Am I just way thinking anyone would ever change anything in these units?
I'm specifically looking at the Beaudens 166Wh marketing material. The LiFePO4 batteries look pretty standard. I feel like this would be a good unit for my kids to learn about how solar can power their brains, er, phones. I'm hoping they get interested in understanding the technology and basic circuitry so they want to open it up, play around with my multimeter, and plan a path of upgrade.