Battery Cycle Life Ratings [RE-wrenches]

[Ezra Auerbach, DragonSun Consulting]

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My experience up here is pretty much consistent with Don's.  A few less
years on the big ones, 13 years is my record on Yuasa batteries.  Up to 8
years on golf cart (unsoug heros of small systems).  The biggest issue I
encounter with batteries is banks which are oversized for the charging
system.  They never get fully recharged and slowly drift off.  I've seen
quite  bit of shortened life cycles from this problem. 

Regards,

Ezra

DragonSun Consulting


----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Tritt <solarone at charter.net>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:13:38 PM
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Subject: Re: Battery Cycle Life Ratings [RE-wrenches]

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>   I typically see them go 5 to 8, but once 10 - they were totally shot at 
> that point.
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>   Matt T
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>   From: "Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services"
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>   I typically see L-16's go 10 to 12 years if cared for properly.
> 
>   Todd
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> 
>   i2p at aol.com wrote:
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>   > Hi Ray, Yes its tough to find out whats real..  I have very rough
seat 
> of the
>   > pants opinions on battery life. What I find is that L16 will go about 
> 5-7
>   > years while the big guys (IBE, Yuasa, etc) can go 15 years plus.
Bottom 
> line for
>   > me is if you value the aviodance of watering and equalizing multiple 
> string
>   > battery setups, the bigger batteries deliver a better life cycle
value. 
> I'm
>   > assuming a well designed system, dod in the range of 25%. I have not 
> lived long
>   > enough to say whether the premiums -Hupp, Surrette - are actually
worth 
> the
>   > extra cost compared to what I refer to as a standard forklift type 
> battery.
>   >
>   > Best,Don
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