[RE-wrenches] Trojan Batteries

[Dave]

Ray, 

Are these the base model Trojan L-16's or the L-16RE's? 

David Palumbo 
Independent Power LLC
462 Solar Way Drive
Hyde Park, VT 05655
802-371-8678 cell
802-888-4917 home




-----Original Message-----
From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
Behalf Of Ray Walters
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:38 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan Batteries

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
>
>> 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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