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		Zhenya on July 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moo... What's an Edison battery? I searched and did not find anything conclusive.

rini17 on July 26, 2020 | [–]

I meant this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93iron_battery

adamcharnock on July 26, 2020 | [–]

I think this is referring to a nickel-iron battery, or NiFe for short. It's old tech, but is pretty indestructible. I have 20 of them in my off-grid system.

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