[RE-wrenches] Magnum System - Discharged Battery Bank

[RE Ellison]

First time I ever saw one of the bank of 80 cells are just about put me in a panic

Had no idea they could do that either


Bob Ellison

> On Dec 19, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Corey Shalanski <cshalanski at joule-energy.com> wrote:
> 
> Update on my investigation:
> I visited the customer's house yesterday to set up a pulse charger. Much to my surprise the three batteries that originally registered negative voltage are now reading positive. Does this make sense - are batteries able to shift between negative and positive voltages at such a low charge level?
> 
> I do not see any evidence of distorted cases.
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 7:58 AM, <jay at asis.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I second tump.
>> Most likely a bad /cell battery took out the system.
>> As these are VRLA batteries, I'm curious do,the cases look damaged such as expanded or sunk in?
>> 
>> Jay
>> Peltz power
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