[RE-wrenches] wrenches] Battery Experience

[john]

Eric,
   My general rule is to stay away from anything labeled High Capacity.  My theory and experience has been that when you try to stuff more power into the same box, some compromise has been made.  I have had poor luck with the HC Trojan L-16's (almost every installation has had premature failures) but good luck with the standard model.  I am currently using Interstate UL 16 and now have 7 years experience with them and so far with good results. 

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Central Vermont Solar & Wind LLC
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Rutland, VT 05701
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Hill <solarjon at gmail.com>
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Sent: Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:41 pm
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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:



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
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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??

 

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