[RE-wrenches] small battery boxes

[Bill Loesch]

Hi Jeff,

You might try looking at offerings from Hammond Manufacturing and
Hoffman(sp?) two separate companies which both produce quality boxes. Sorry
my catalog references are not currently at hand.

It is disappointing that solar manufacturers that I am aware of, do not
compete in quality with the above manufacturers but price their products
similarly.

Good luck,

Bill Loesch
Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Yago" <jryago at dtisolar.com>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] small battery boxes


> We are having a real problem finding a pole-mounted battery box for
smaller
> solar sign lighting projects.  We have switched to LED lights which cost
> more byt do not require the larger batteries and solar module.  However,
the
> smallest battery box we can find is the DPW 16" wide x 9" deep X 20" tall.
> This is a great box for  group 31 battery, but is too large and costs too
> much for smaller applications.  I am thinking about using a group 22
battery
> which would fit in a pole-mounted battery box that is 12" wide x 8" deep x
> 15" high, which still leaves room for a control panel at the top rear.
>
> It does not look like the solar manufacturers have anything, so do you
know
> of anybody making a battery box this size but perhaps it is being sold for
> another type application.  It still will need small screened louvers for
> ventilation and a locking door, but we can always make our own control
panel
> if that is not supplied.  Since its 12 volt DC and off-grid application I
do
> not think it needs to be UL listed which might help reduce cost, but not
> sure.
>
> Any suggestions??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Yago
>
>
>
>
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