robust battery [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Elliot, Guffey Energy Works]

Two words...BUSS BAR


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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:12 AM
Subject: RE: robust battery [RE-wrenches]


> Keith
>
> Both the HUP Solar One and The Surrette 5000 Series are "robust" enough
> batteries but still parallel strings are a pretty bad deal. There is no
way
> electrically induce two strings of batteries (in parallel) to accept a
> charge equally. Eventually you will always wind up with one lazy string
and
> one strong string and then sooner or later you get "bad" cells on the lazy
> string because you cannot equalize the lazy string any longer.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Tom
>
> >From the Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
>
> tom at thesolar.biz
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> www.thesolar.biz
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> 505-539-2111
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keith [mailto:kcronin at lava.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:20 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: robust battery [RE-wrenches]
>
>
>
> Hello
>
> I have a client who will be building a castle off grid. Is their a
> recommendation for a industrial grade battery bank for their needs.  We
will
> have a 4000 Sq ft home with a 2000 Sq ft guest home with garage. Well
pump,
> pool, convection ovens and oodles of other stuff they haven't engaged me
on
> to date. It will probably be an 8KW PV system for starters. The last
project
> I used L-16's, but feel I need a more robust battery bank for these ever
> expanding clients' energy dreams.
>
>
>
> Keith Cronin
>
> President
>
> Island Energy Solutions Inc
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> 318A Kuulei Rd
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> Kailua, HI 96734
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> www.islandenergy.net
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