[RE-wrenches] battery cycle life, US Battery

John DeBoever jdeboever at trojanbattery.com
Mon Sep 19 09:41:50 PDT 2011


Hi  Ron,

The recommended maximum number of strings in parallel in a lead acid battery bank is 4.  Each string consist of the number of units required to meet the battery bank voltage (12V, 24V or 48V).
Higher than 4 strings in parallel is not recommended as the risk of unbalanced charge between the strings will possibly increase over time and  endanger the life of the units. Fewer strings in parallel is often preferred for price $ per Ah, fewer interconnects, sometimes optimum foot print, with the exception of unit weight challenges in few cases.  Various lifting tools exists or created by Wrenches fellows for proper positing heavy units
John

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Ron Young
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:11 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery cycle life, US Battery

Hi Larry,
Client has asked me to compare the cycle life because he is upgrading a large battery bank and has been convinced by a Xantrex "scientist" that golf cart batteries are superior to L-16's even though it involves twice as many batteries, connections, cells, footprint etc. So to convince his purchasing committee he wants to know the difference in cycle life between a U.S.B 208 and a Surrette S-460.

Ron


On 2011-09-15, at 4:52 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems wrote:


Ron,

For many years we have sold the US2200's and the Interstate version, the U2200 and I'd say they are nearly as good as the Trojan T-105. (buyer beware: Interstate switched to Johnson Control junk batteries and no longer sells the American made US Battery. http://starlightsolar.com/interstate.htm) I consider Rolls a superior long life battery compared to any other L16's.

Curious here: why are you comparing an L-16 to a GC2? US Battery also makes a floor scrubber version, model US16HC XC.

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems


On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:23 PM, RM You wrote:


Hi Wrenches, trying to compare battery cycle life on L-16 Surrette/Rolls vs. U.S. Battery golf cart. Can't seem to find any clear info on the U.S. Battery 208 a/h golf cart. The chart that U.S. battery shows on their website only gives one cycle life graph for all of their batteries whereas Surrette/Rolls differentiates between the series 4000 and series 5000.

Comments?

Best Regards,
Ron Young
earthRight Products - Solareagle.com<http://Solareagle.com/>
Alternative Energy Solutions ~ Renewable Energy Products

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