HUP Batteries Testimonial [RE-wrenches]

[Ray Walters]

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Hi All;

I've done the same math as Dana, and came to the same conclusions: L-16s 
just aren't a good buy. Just look at the cycle life, the HUP is 2100 
cycles at 80%  DOD, while the L16 is less than 600. Even a Trojan T105 
is better at 750 cycles. We sell the T105s and jump straight to the HUP 
after. The HUP warranty says they'll reimburse our time and shipping for 
failures in the first year. What a wonderful world if all the Manus did 
that. I went through a claim with Rolls last year...Cell dead on 
arrival....wanted us to eat shipping.... Let's just say we're only 
selling HUPs and Trojans now.

As for the moving issues, I buy the smaller HUPs, and then the separate 
cells are about the same as an L16. After that Rolls ordeal left my 
customer without a usable battery for 2 months(brand new system: what an 
embarrassment), I'm now an advocate of 2 parallel strings as the 
optimum, as opposed to one string of much heavier cells.

Ray

>I basically sell only HUP Solar One batteries after doing a comparison to
>L-16 style batteries years back, which proved that the cost per 50% DOD was
>way less per DOD in the long run over the cost of installing and maintaining
>and the recycling and reinstalling another set of L-16 style batteries and
>the half again. 
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>Dana Orzel
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