flooded v. sealed batteries [RE-wrenches]

[Matt Tritt]

Hi Jay,

I don't have to do a lot of convincing after laying-out the costs
involved in replacing a nice big bank of L-16's. It's not just the
batteries, it's the labor, the transportation, the cables, the disposal,
the problems that always occur in the time leading-up to the battery
removal and exchange, the irritation of the client when they finally
realize they have to pay for another bank after only 6 to 7 years, (10
years is the very absolute maximum for an L-16 in my experience), in
some cases only 2 to 3 years under severe duty cycle. It's also the
improved efficiency when using 12 volt cases since the individual cells
are connected without cable ends.

If you get out that calculator again and factor-in all the peripheral
costs I bet you come up with numbers that make more sense. ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Peltz, Peltz Power [mailto:jay at asis.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 8:19 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: flooded v. sealed batteries [RE-wrenches]


Hi Matt,

Maybe you are getting those industrial batteries at a great price.  In
my calcuations, I've never been able to make the economic's work in
L-16's vs industrial 2v cells.

A well taken care of L-16 is 8-10 yrs, and a industrial is around 13-15
yrs. However in my costs, the industrial is much more than 2x the cost?

How are you making the numbers work?

Thanks,

jay

Peltz Power

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