Battery price increases [RE-wrenches]

Drake Chamberlin Drake.Chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org
Mon Oct 15 08:48:57 PDT 2007


Hi Ken,

I'm very curious about your experience with the Xantrex XW inverter.     
 How would you compare its features with the old SW models?

Thanks,

Drake 


Ken Schaal wrote:
> 
> We deal with the same factory warehouse as Jeff Yago. Luckily , I 
> realize 
> from some of y'all's tales, only about 5 miles away from the office. We 
> just 
> last week traded in 24 , 9 year old Deka East Penn L-16's from a Y2K 
> backup 
> system without net metering [ Trace 4048 Power Panel ] for a much 
> smaller 
> 8A8D AGM bank to go with the new Xantrex XW 6 kw inverter,a 100% 
> increase in 
> PV to 4.8 KW with the existing Kohler 6.5 KW genny for backup, and net 
> metering.
> Checked around regarding recycling the old L-16's and found by far the 
> best 
> move was returning to the East Penn warehouse . Current price is $13.75 
> ea.
> East Penn's manufacturing facility incorporates virtually 100% recycle.
> www.eastpenn-deka.com
> 
> With the current crop of battery based with gen support , net-metering 
> inverters, perhaps we can put more resources into enlarged PV arrays and 
> 
> less into batteries.
> 
> Ken Schaal
> CommonWealth Solar,LLC
> Ashland, Va
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Crutcher" <larry at starlightsolar.com>
> To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Battery price increases [RE-wrenches]
> 
> 
> >
> > I deal in many pallet loads of 6 and 12 volt batteries each year and I 
> > have been selling the cores to one of my distributors.
> >
> > $6 - 12 volt 27, 29, 31's
> > $8 - 6 volt GC's
> > $10 - L16
> > $15 - 8D's
> >
> > Larry Crutcher
> > Starlight Solar
> > Phone (928) 941-1660 Fax (928) 342-9103
> > 11279 S. Glenwood Ave, Box 11114, Yuma, AZ 85367
> > Renewable Energy Products for Home, Business and Recreational Vehicles
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Nicholas Ponzio
> > To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:57 AM
> > Subject: RE: Battery price increases [RE-wrenches]
> >
> > Is anyboby actually getting paid for recycled lead cores?
> >
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