Fw: L-16 Battery Charging [RE-wrenches]

[John Blittersdorf, Cent. VT Solar & Wind]

In a message dated 1/24/02 2:04:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
remotech at taosnm.com writes:

<<  thought it was my less than laboratory testing methods. 200 AH when it is
 rated at 360 AH? Anybody besides Tom & I seen L16s doing this?  >>

I am finding similar capacities on my system of 8 Trojan L-16's and several 
customers with 16 L-16's.  200 amp hours out of a 360 is about what I see.  
My battery voltages are showing about 50% charge with only about 200 amp 
hours down from full in a 720 ah battery.

John Blittersdorf
Central Vermont Solar

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