Can we offer a nicad option?

No.

First: What is “nicad?”

It’s a nickel-cadmium battery in lieu of the industry-standard, lead-calcium battery… often shortened to nicad.

This was something we offered about a decade ago, and it still pops up in specs from time to time. Honestly, I don’t know if any of the competition still offers it, but we ended the option years ago. Why?

1. It practically triples the price.

2. Practically no customers followed through with maintenance on the batteries, causing more problems down the line.

3. Frankly, we sold one unit every 2-3 years, making it an obsolete option.

If a customer asks, the simplest reply is they are obsolete because there is no validating reason to pay three times the price for an inverter.