[RE-wrenches] battery commissioning

[penobscotsolar at midmaine.com]

Ron,
   You might talk with Roy at RAE Storage Battery in Berlin CT. He is one
of the few distributors of Surrette Batteries that I know that do this.
Surrette does ship him the batteries dry and he fills and heats them
up. It takes a lot of power, a very well vented work area and, in my
opinion, too much hassle. You can reach Roy at 860 828-6007

Daryl DeJoy
NABCEP Certified PV installer
Penobscot Solar Design






> Ron,
> I think it would change little as the shipping weight would be about the
> same, I am assuming they would ship the acid with the batteries and you
> have
> to do the commissioning and charging.
> With wet batteries you will need to charge them as a matter of good
> practice
> if they sit there for a long time.
>  .
> But you don't have to get the acid drops on you from filling them. I swear
> that even wearing a rubber suit, I still get drops of the acid on me. Most
> of the time it is not noticeable till after a wash.
> I expect the factory would rather do it for quality control reasons also.
> The less you mess with the acid the better, it takes a lot of
> concentration
> to keep from overfilling the cells without a filling tool.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:50 AM, R Young <solareagle at solareagle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wrenches
>>
>> Do any of you stock dry charged lead acid batteries and commission them
>> as
>> needed? If so, what are the advantages/disadvantages of doing this aside
>> from the obvious requirements for safe handling procedures? I'm
>> considering
>> this as an option to reduce shipping cost on large battery consignments
>> and
>> increase storage time but have no experience in activating batteries
>> from a
>> dry state. I've read the Surrette activating instructions and it seems
>> easy
>> enough although I'm wondering if the freight cost advantage will be
>> offset
>> by the power requirement of charging the batteries.
>>
>> Ron Young
>> earthRight - Solareagle.com
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