The Tri-Met Dance: was battery shoot-off [RE-wrenches]

[John Blittersdorf, Cent. VT Solar & Wind]

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Allan,
   Thanks once again for completing the discussion.  I actually had just 
grabbed the TraceMeter manual for reading material for a few minutes in the little 
room and read about the efficiency factor.  I guess I should tweak it down a 
little as well to better represent the aging battery's characteristics.  You 
are right that people can't seem to hold the thought that 24.0 V is the magic 
reference number when the % goes haywire.  My first question to customers on 
the phone when they say the meter says 80% and the lights went out is " what is 
your voltage?" and they say "I don't know, didn't look at it."   It seems a 
waste to sell them a Trimetric when and LED capacity meter would probably work 
better but I insist they have amperage info for troubleshooting.  My company 
warranty is tied to the purchase of adequate metering.  Probably selling them 
both would be the answer.  I admit that when I had an LED BCM meter on my 12V 
dedicated Sunfrost system that I usually paid attention to the pretty lights and 
ignored the TraceMeter.  Adding another cost to the system is always not the 
best idea but now that I think about it, the 60 bucks or so won't kill the 
sale and the entertainment factor when heavy loads are hitting the batteries 
might appease the customer. 

It will only be a few more months and our dark season will be over here in VT 
and the battery stories can be stored away til next late October.

John Blittersdorf

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