[RE-wrenches] Battery Automatic Watering

[Randy Brooks]

I agree with Ray.  We used a battery filling system once and had the  
same problems with leaks, cells over filled and under filled.  We  
took it out and will never use a battery filling system again.  If a  
customer is not willing, or around enough, to do proper flooded  
battery maintenance, we recommend sealed batteries.

Randy Brooks
Brooks Solar, Inc.
Solar Power for People
140 Columbia View
Chelan, WA  98816
509-682-9646
Randy at BrooksSolar.com
www.BrooksSolar.com

On Dec 9, 2009, at 7:06 PM, R Ray Walters wrote:

> I have to highly recommend against Battery FIlling Systems. After 3  
> years trying to make their products work, we are pulling all  
> watering systems out, and offering full refunds.
> Some of the caps leaked at only 1 psi of pressure, some overfilled  
> the batteries causing acid spills, and the worst: some caps never  
> filled at all, leaving some cells under filled.
> Repeated calls to their main contact Rob Source at Battery Filling  
> Systems have gone unanswered.
> We're back to manual filling as we just haven't found anything  
> reliable enough to deal with this extremely important task.
> Of 10 service call backs, 8 were problems with BFS products. (and  
> we only made a couple of bucks per cell in the first place....)
> Please avoid this product like the plague!
>
> R. Walters
> ray at solarray.com
> Solar Engineer
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2009, at 7:14 PM, Joel Davidson wrote:
>
>> Wrenches,
>>
>> We installed 48 each IBE 1-85N-15 cells (24 in series in 2 Direct  
>> Power & Water battery boxes). We do not want to use Hydrocaps.  
>> Your suggestions for an automatic watering system would be most  
>> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Happy Holidays.
>> Joel Davidson
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