[RE-wrenches] GB Industrial Batteries

[Ray Walters]

Check the specs carefully, I had a customer looking at the GBs, and the 
amp hr rating was suspicious, seems like they were claiming a much a 
higher AH per lb than other lead acid batteries.  Also they had verbally 
told the customer a higher cycle life than what was listed in the actual 
warranty.
I really feel the battery industry is not doing a good job of policing 
itself these days,  companies are doing their own testing, without 
independent confirmation.

R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760

On 3/12/2014 6:36 AM, Howie Michaelson wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with the GB Industrial batteries - I have
> no knowledge of them.  I have a client who wants to purchase their 2-volt,
> 2144 amphour batteries, and their pricing is much better than anything
> that I can get elsewhere. They are looking to replace an existing bank (2
> strings, 48v) of equivalent batteries made by Reaco(?) (now owned by
> Crown).  I'm trying to decide if we should resell these to our client
> (taking on the potential headache and margin, or let the client deal
> directly with GB.  The client is willing to go either way.
>
> Thanks,
> Howie