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No, these are the ones from China.

The industrial-series Nickel Iron batteries are imported from one of the largest battery factories in the world, located in Sichuan province of Western China.

But I hope to make my own. The best I have been able to find thus far is a 2 quart canning jar. But it is limited to the diameter of a wide mouth jar opening. I need to build a couple to test for capacity before I order large volumes of powdered metals.

Initially, I plan to use LiIon 18650s for my battery bank. I have about a third of what I need already. I am salvaging them from old laptop battery packs.

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Ahh dang, they get you on the fine print! Beautiful! you've gotta come on the podcast I co-host MeadowsandMakers sometime. I'd love to get to chat with you on air good sir!

I Love making stuff! When I get the LiIon battery together, I will post, and you can tell me what you think of it. I have been collecting information on the Edison Cell, and it looks like it is as close to a permanent cell as anything.

I take care of my wife, so scheduling for a broadcast is hard, she is my priority. We have purchased land in the country by the Lake (lake Keystone), and I am rebuilding the house now so we can move. I intend to run all the lighting on 24 volt DC, and to make the house a zero net energy house, running on solar, with wind generators for backup.

I have to move my machine shop, and my electronics lab but I have to build the building for it first. Kind of crazy right now....

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