Nickel Iron Batteries - A Lifetime Battery For Your Off-Grid System (or On-Grid Backup)!

The Nickel-Iron Battery A Lifetime* Battery For Your Off-Grid System or Grid-tie Backup We have been importing these cells from a major Chinese battery company since 1995! No other company in the US can make this claim. The company that makes our cells has been making Nickel-Iron cells for 40 years! The cells are sent direct from the factory to you in secure wooden crates. We know you will find a substantial savings purchasing NEW cells from us in contrast to buying original cells that are 30-50 years old or older from other companies or companies selling "new cells" that have ABSOLUTELY no track record or last cells that have not been around as long as our cells. We offer the LONGEST warranty in the industry on nickel iron cells - 10 years! Other companies selling Nickel Iron cells (new or old cells) offer 1 or 2 year warranties. Why buy from companies that have not been around very long? Compare their warranty to ours! A long warranty is normally the sign of a quality product and also a quality company that stands behind that product. * These batteries can be expected to last up to 40 years with proper maintenance and electrolyte changes!
No battery has outlasted the Nickel-Iron battery in daily use for home power systems! We have an original Nickel-Iron battery that is 68 years old - a real testament to the technology! We also have a set of Chinese cells that are still in service after 17 years in an off-grid system in Idaho. Pictures to follow soon as well as actual test data! The benefits of using Nickel-Iron batteries for home energy storage: • Longest battery life of any battery known today. • Clean and simple green technology. • Time-tested (invented by Thomas Edison in the early 1900's). • Battery efficiency stays about 75-80% throughout its lifetime. • Does not sulfate. • Does not freeze. • Easily rejuvenated by a simple electrolyte change. • No need for frequent equalization charges. • Electrolyte is a preservative for the metal plates. • 100% nickel plated plates and posts. • Up to FOUR posts per cell in larger cell sizes! • Sold in individual cells for any voltage combination -12, 24,36,48, 60, etc. • Up to 80% Depth of Discharge (DOD) without harm or loss of battery capacity. • NO harm if your battery is overcharged. Financing available. Buy your set of batteries ONCE and have easy monthly payments while reaping the benefits of a nickel-iron battery. Now you can OWN a NiFe battery for about the same or LESS than a good quality lead acid battery without all the lead acid battery hassels!!!No other company offers this! Pricing and Sizing info as of January 1, 2012: Click here for sizes, prices and more.		NiFe FAQ Click Here for Frequently Asked Questions About Nickel-Iron Batteries This is a MUST read if you have never heard of these batteries!

Ordering Deadlines: Our cells are shipped dry from China directly to your door with the convenience of a lift gate. They are shipped in a wooden crate(s) (please see picture on our brochure) that include solid electrolyte chemicals to mix with distilled water purchased locally. Also included is a hydrometer, digital volt meter, tools and safety equipment to be able to fill your cells with electrolyte.		How to Order: Click here for ordering instructions. If you are serious about ordering these cells then you must read this BEFORE you palce yoru order! Click here for a shipping fee quote.
Our next order closing is scheduled for January 31, 2012. Happy New Year! Our last order was a record 302 cells!


A 48-Volt bank of 305 Amp-hour cells we built in Española, NM December 2010 for a grid-tied battery backup system.		A 24-Volt bank of 610 Amp-hour cells BUF installed in Idaho, September 2009

After three full charge/discharge cycles, I am running the house on the NiFe bank as of three days ago. So far, great. We'll see how they do with some short winter days and snow storms. But right now they are performing every bit as well as I'd hoped. SH from Idaho Springs , Colorado - 12V @ 700 Ah @ C/5 rate September 3, 2011 "Thank you ... for keeping us posted on the shipping progress & we were pleased the pack was complete with tools, apron, etc." Letter from T.B., Felton, CA July 2011 "I am using Nickel Iron batteries on my house and it lives up to its historical claims. All December I have been running on the bottom half of the battery bank voltage since we have had very very dreary weather. I have been grateful that it is no problem to discharge them to an extreme when you need to. Now the sun is coming back and we lasted through Dec 21st without having to protect the battery from the deepest of discharges. One week I took them right down to zero volts just to see what happens! They came right up and held their charge!" Ian - Post on The Otherpower discussion board December 2010 Hi BeUtilityFree, I've successfully filled my ten 305Ah batteries with electrolyte. I charged them to their equalizing voltage, then discharged them using a 2 kW pure sine wave inverter running big loads. So far they've performed really well. I'll be testing them more over the next month with a solar/wind system. email from Rich June 9, 2008 John, Well It looks like my NiFe batteries were worth the waiting for. I finally got the first 10 cells filled, and charged, and I load tested them today. The 10 TN-600 cells easily powered my workshop for several hours tonight. The machinery draws about 100 amps, with the occasional surge up to 400 amps. (starting motors). They easily out powered my failing lead acid batteries, and nicely compliment my old "original" Nickel Iron cells. (51 years old!). Now hopefully, they will last longer than me! email from Trevor June 24, 2008 "I'm one of (BeUtilityFree's) ancient and very satisfied customers (you have a quote from me on your website! It's still true)" John Berton Nov 28, 2007 - original comment below "They never need equalizing. I have never experienced any problem with overcharging... Not only would I use nickel-iron batteries again, but I would probably not want to set up a new system without them. The idea of using lead-acid batteries after the ease of nickel-irons is horrifying." John Berton, Home Power Magazine Issue #80 December 2000/Jan 2001
"Lorenzen has been scavenging used forklift batteries for almost 50 years, and his collection of the Edison cells — which work on an alkaline principle with an iron anode, a nickel oxide cathode, and a potassium hydroxide electrolyte — now totals over 140 units of sixty-plus amperes apiece. Some of the batteries are over 80 years old . . . yet it takes nothing more than regular addition of water and a supplement of potash every 15 years to keep them in good shape." Update 2011: We believe, but have not confirmed that John has passed and am sorry to see such a pioneer leave us. Mother Earth News Issue #62 - March/April 1980 (our emphasis in red) The above picture was taken from our CEO's visit to his house in late 1972.

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