[RE-wrenches] Trojan T-105 non-vented shipping caps?

[Ronald Paredes]

Hi Dan,

The batteries will produce minute amounts of hydrogen even when they are idling, so we do need to have the proper ventilation to allow the gases to escape.  

I would be more than happy to send you some new caps... The new caps will help limit the electrolyte egress. Please send me your mailing address and I'll send you some caps.  

Best Regards,

Ronald Paredes
Technical Product Manager - Renewable Energy
Trojan Battery Company

12380 Clark Street 
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Tel: (562)236-3000 Ext. 3066
Fax: (562)236-3279
rparedes at trojanbattery.com
www.trojanbattery.com

Trojan Battery Company - Clean Energy for Life(tm)

-----Original Message-----
From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Fink
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:54 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Trojan T-105 non-vented shipping caps?

Esteemed Wrenches;

Hopefully Ronald from Trojan can help me here, or maybe someone else has done this.

In my recent remote Northern BC install, we have a pair of T-105s at a remote location, installed in a plastic cooler. They will need to be moved to the central Lodge install for winter maintenance charging, as their installed location gets *zero* sun for 3 months of the winter.

The lodge staff will be moving the cooler via helicopter....*hopefully* on the back seat, but it may be part of a long-line sling load. They have had some pretty harrowing sling load work this year, including a broken skid on the helo and some trees that got a 'haircut.' I can almost guarantee that had the batteries been on that load, they would have lost some electrolyte from tipping.

My question is -- are "shipping caps" with *no vent holes* available? Or could we use plastic baggies? I hate the idea of the lodge staff accidentally getting bits of plastic bag into the cells.

DAN FINK
Buckville Energy Consulting LLC
http://www.buckville.com/
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