[RE-wrenches] Hawker batteries

[William Miller]

Friends:

We have been supplying hawker batteries to a few clients lately and wanted 
to know of others experiences with the line, good or bad.

We have been quoting wet and VRLA batteries and installed one large array 
of VRLA batteries.  We noted that the warranty on the VRLA is a 
non-prorated 3 years while the wet cells are pro-rated at 10 years.  I am 
surprised at how short the warranty period is on the VRLA batteries.  Does 
anyone have experience with the Hawker VRLA batteries, specifically?

We have a client who is notorious at neglect and VRLA batteries seem ideal 
for him.  Are there other manufacturers of VRLA batteries in the 1,000 AH 
range that we should consider?

Thanks,

William Miller