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If you haven't heard of these: http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall

Basically, this is a couple thousand lithium-ion batteries in a pretty case that you are supposed to hang on the wall inside your house.

Which I have a problem with. To use a four-letter word: FIRE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1gXrccLK8

You don't have to puncture them, heat from a manufacturing flaw can light them up.

They are now a suspect in the disappearance of Malaysia Air flight MH370. It was carrying about 500 pounds of them.

http://www.joc.com/air-cargo/lithiu...d-missing-malaysia-flight-mh370_20150309.html

I'd love to ask a fireman or insurance agent what they think of the idea of hanging these inside your home.

The hype on the powerwall sounded great. But when I learned what was inside it (can you say HazMat?), I became a LOT less enthusiastic about it.
 
All this electric is to save the planet but they are way more hazardous than any amount of greenhouse gasses they replace
 
chillywilly2 said:
All this electric is to save the planet but they are way more hazardous than any amount of greenhouse gasses they replace
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They are considered too dangerous to carry in a passenger airplane, where people are awake, in part because they overwhelm the fire suppression system.

So why would you want them in a house where everyone is sleeping with no fire suppression system?

I get what he is trying to do, but I don't think this is a good way to go about it.

Crispy Critters belong in your cereal bowl, not spread throughout your home.
 
Lord Pmann said:
But aside from the shitty lighting that the CFLs provide (the incandescent's replacement), they are pretty hazardous to the environment. Not to mention their shitty effect on power quality.
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That's why LEDs are coming on. Costco has an LED shop light that produces 3700 lumens with 38w for $35, read to mount and plug in.
 
thør said:
That's why LEDs are coming on. Costco has an LED shop light that produces 3700 lumens with 38w for $35, read to mount and plug in.
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LEDs are a great technology.

I just always thought it was hilarious how people were all embracing of CFLs and they are horrible for the environment. I know when mine break I throw them right in the trash, as most people do. Well, that's not good. Then on top of that, they cause lots of noise on the power system compared to a nice, purely resistive incandescent bulb.

I am NOT a fan of LEDs for street lighting. I think their lighting footprint is awful and not as smooth as normal cobra head lights. But the nice thing is, if one of the LEDs burn out, you don't have to replace the whole thing. But I don't like that technology yet.
 
Balladeer08 said:
If you haven't heard of these: http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall

Basically, this is a couple thousand lithium-ion batteries in a pretty case that you are supposed to hang on the wall inside your house.

Which I have a problem with. To use a four-letter word: FIRE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1gXrccLK8

You don't have to puncture them, heat from a manufacturing flaw can light them up.

They are now a suspect in the disappearance of Malaysia Air flight MH370. It was carrying about 500 pounds of them.

http://www.joc.com/air-cargo/lithiu...d-missing-malaysia-flight-mh370_20150309.html

I'd love to ask a fireman or insurance agent what they think of the idea of hanging these inside your home.

The hype on the powerwall sounded great. But when I learned what was inside it (can you say HazMat?), I became a LOT less enthusiastic about it.
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They can hang on the outside too.
 
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tesla.gov

1/2 wave coil... break.
power check... break!
 
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Lord Pmann said:
LEDs are a great technology.

I just always thought it was hilarious how people were all embracing of CFLs and they are horrible for the environment. I know when mine break I throw them right in the trash, as most people do. Well, that's not good. Then on top of that, they cause lots of noise on the power system compared to a nice, purely resistive incandescent bulb.

I am NOT a fan of LEDs for street lighting. I think their lighting footprint is awful and not as smooth as normal cobra head lights. But the nice thing is, if one of the LEDs burn out, you don't have to replace the whole thing. But I don't like that technology yet.
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CFL's are not "horrible for the environment".The amount of mercury vapor that escapes from damaged CFL's is a tiny fraction of the mercury released by power plants, and even a tiny fraction of the mercury found in a thermometer or mechanical thermostat.

http://energyblog.nationalgeographi...act-on-cfls-and-leds-five-concerns-addressed/
 
I'd like to know what the manufacturing footprint is.
Like how Prius cars sounded great.....untill we found out their pollution footprint during manufacturing equalled something like 18 standard cars of comparable size. Not to mention the added pollution created by battery replacement, etc.
 
What's even the point of having them on a wall inside your house? Is it to show off to your tech hipster friends?
 
Liar said:
What's even the point of having them on a wall inside your house? Is it to show off to your tech hipster friends?
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You could sell spent nuclear fuel rods to tech hipsters if you call them "Tesla sticks".
 
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