[RE-wrenches] Battery Experience

[Jeff Wongstrom]

I have had bad luck with Trojan batteries that were installed 3-5 years ago having had several premature L16 failures.  Some of the batteries had one cell fail within 1-2 years.  Most of the batteries were well cared for and most were the HC model.  Prior to the HC model I had good luck with Trojan batteries sometimes seeing 10-12 year life spans.  Maybe the RE-B are a better battery than the HC  but I am eager to try a different manufacturer.  

I have had good luck with Solar One batteries but they are a hard sell.

Jeff



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On Jul 1, 2012, at 3:29 PM, bob ellison wrote:

> I will put on my flame suit and just say that Trojan seem to outlive the batteries listed below.
> With all things the same, I have on several occasions replaced 10-12 year old Trojan L-16’s with Deka’s and the Deka’s lasted 3 years in the same place with exactly the same customers, equipment and assumingly the same care.
>  
> Stick with Trojan’s you just do not have to carry them to the battery box so often…
> No real experience with Surrettes but know other dealers who have, some are hard to get full charged.
>  
> I avoid the following in no real order,
>  
> Interstate
> Exide
> Dynasty
> Deka (I do use their 2 volt cells to build big battery banks with good results)
> Sam’s club (from whoever the builder is this year).
> Bull Dog, industrial cells, long story. They failed in 6 months in a Zamboni.
> Avoid any Chinese battery.
>  
> Add any others that come to mind, I just got done with a 2250 mile drive in 2 days and my mind is mush.
>  
> I can list more but the mind is just not up to it, between the miles and 106 degree temps I’m toast!
>  
> Later,
> Bob Ellison
>  
>  
>  
> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hill
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 9:41 PM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Experience
>  
> Over 20 years experience with them says you can't go wring with Trojan!
> Jonathan Hill, senior system engineer and founder
>  
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> On Jun 29, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Dave Palumbo wrote:
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> 
> We have had less than stellar performance out of the Crown L-16’s that we installed 4 to 5 years ago. Premature failure is my experience. About 60% of the cycle life compared to Trojan L-16’s and also Surrette/Rolls. I’ve been using those since 1985.
>  
> Back to using Trojan. Specifically RE-B’s either L-16, or T-105. And have used Trojan Industrial IND 13-6V on one system with good success with another set ordered.
>  
> Dave
>  
> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of SunHarvest
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:56 AM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Experience
>  
> Just got talked into buying Crown (395Ah at 20Hr) as my local rep, "the battery expert", was persuasive in his testimony to their reliability. Should've consulted wrenches first.
>  
> Should I be worried??
>  
> Eric Stikes
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