Cheaper 2 volt cells [RE-wrenches]

[Christopher Freitas - OutBack Power]

> It would be nice if IBE could manufacture a middle-ground battery 
> line,similar to Surrette, here in California for the market West of the 
> Rockies. I recently discussed this issue with them and got a poitive 
> response. Who knows, it might actually happen some day.

I have spent some time with Dyno battery here in Seattle discussing this 
very issue - the need for a "bigger than L-16 / smaller than a forlift 
battery" option. Dyno supplies mostly industrial, marine and specialty 
batteries in the NW and Alaska.   

Dyno is now offering a 2 volt cell battery in a L-16 case - just one big 
cell instead of three cells.  Still has handles and weighs the same.  
Basically, its just a rewired L-16 without the cell seperators.  Think 
of it as a "cheaper" easier to move 2 volt cell.

Also - they have been building large industrial batteries for a 
locomotive application for many years - and it turns out that the plate 
it uses fits in the L-16 case as well.  So you can get these new 2 volt 
L-16s in either the standard plate (about 3/16" thick) or in a heavy 
duty plate (1/4" thick).  The capacity for the heavy duty version is 
something like 800AH @ 2 VDC 8 hours rate versus 1200 AH @ 2 vdc for the 
standard L-16 plate version.  This would eliminate the need to parallel 
more than 2 strings in most applications.  

Dyno has been calling these batteries their "OutBack" models - but we 
have no real connection other than I pushed them to look at it and we 
sell products to many of the same customers.  

I know Tom Carpenter in Hawaii has order one or more of these batteries 
- but doubt if the boat has reached him with them yet... How about it 
Tom?

Christopher Freitas
OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
cfreitas at outbackpower.com  www.outbackpower.com
Tel 360 435 6030  Arlington WA USA

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