Balcony solar storage looks simple until you have to choose a battery chemistry that won’t disappoint you six months later. On Thursday, February 19, you can join the livestream as Brian Tristam Williams, Jens Nickel, Saad Imtiaz, and guest Dr. Thomas Scherer walk through battery options for balcony power plants, based on Scherer’s Elektor Mag article.

A €25 show, free thanks to Elektor Academy Pro.

Date: Thursday 19 February, 2026
Time: 13:00 CET (07:00 AM EST / 12:00 UTC)

 

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Balcony Solar Storage: What You’ll Learn

This isn’t a “what is a battery” episode, but about picking the least-bad option for your use case, with the numbers and failure modes in view. In the show, we’ll examine
 

  • Trade-offs between battery chemistries: cost, cycle life, safety, charging behavior, and temperature performance
  • The must-know basics: BMS, balancing, and home safety
  • Live audience Q&A
  • A quick tour of a few Elektor Labs community projects
 

Balcony Solar Storage Safety and BMS Basics

If you take one thing away, it should be that “capacity” is the easy part; safe charging, monitoring, and fault handling are where DIY storage setups succeed or fail. We’ll cover what to look for in a BMS, what balancing does (and does not) solve, and the practical safety checks that matter in a home environment.

Giveaway

There’s also a giveaway: three copies of Elektor Academy Pro’s Wireless Power Design. Find out more about it below!

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