[RE-wrenches] Trojan Batteries

[Ray Walters]

Yes, it seems to be random.  The idea that the failures are caused by 
the wiring or maintenance or anything on the user/ installer side is 
ludicris.
I will also second William's comments that Trojan has been less than 
helpful, and if you're one month past the 2 year warranty: forget about it.
This is truely a shame, since we all consider Trojan to be one of the 
top battery manufacturers.  In the past Trojan was known for outlasting 
competing brands by many years.

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

On 8/12/2015 8:26 PM, Jay wrote:
> Hi Ray
>
> Would that be random dead cells?
>
> Jay
> Peltz power
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Aug 12, 2015, at 6:44 PM, Ray Walters <ray at solarray.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh I'm going to risk the wrath of Trojan and others, but I can confirm issues with the Trojan L16 having premature cell failures within a couple of years just as you reported.  We use the T105 RE and have not had problems, but stay away from their L16 line.  I otherwise do not know or understand the causes behind these failures, but I think this list proves to be at its most valuable when we can save each other and our customers needless suffering.
>> R.Ray Walters
>> CTO, Solarray, Inc
>> Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
>> Licensed Master Electrician
>> Solar Design Engineer
>> 303 505-8760
>>
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