[RE-wrenches] Aquion Batteries

Andrew Truitt atruitt at gmail.com
Wed Mar 8 13:09:25 PST 2017


FYI, Aquion just went BK
<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Aquion-the-Bill-Gates-and-Kleiner-Perkins-Funded-Advanced-Battery-Startup>
.



- Andrew



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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:57 PM, John Blittersdorf <
john.blittersdorf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Drake,
>     I just did my first Aquion Install on an off-grid second home.  It is
> a 24V single VFX3524.  10 Aspen 24 volt stacks.  No one has been living
> there since I installed it but at least the generator stopped running 2 or
> 3 times a day just to maintain the heating system. The generator hasn't run
> at all (since the first charge) the 10 days since we installed it. I am
> waiting for the owners to come up from NYC in early April to give it the
> test.  It will get hit hard so we should know right away how it will
> respond.  I have the system monitored on OpticsRE so we will be able to see
> what is happening.  So far the batteries have stayed between 24.6 and
> 28.6.  I, too, am anxious to see what happens when we are running with the
> inverter set for the lowest setting which I think is around 39 or 40
> volts.  It will be great to have the OpticsRE control to play around with
> the AGS settings to find the most efficient settings in regard to generator
> run time.   Our #1 goal now is to minimize gen time.
>
> John Blittersdorf
> Solar Guru
> Rob Stubbins Solar
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Martin Herzfeld <findsolar at herzfeld.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone worked with them with a Sunny Island?  Space is not an issue
>> for this client.
>>
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>> On Jul 20, 2016 2:00 PM, "Jerry Shafer" <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We had a customer request them but once we found out how many it would
>> take, he decided on the deka unigee instead. l dont like running my OB's at
>> such a low voltage as they seem to get hotter due to the higher current.
>> Some of our other product lines don't even reccomend aquions due to that
>> low voltage, suggest asking your inverter manufacture too.
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2016 10:52 AM, "Drake" <drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Wrenches,
>>>
>>> I have a client who is going to take the plunge and buy a set of Aquion
>>> Batteries. They look pretty good on paper, but I'm not sure how well an
>>> inverter would function at the 40 V minimum. Does anyone have experience to
>>> recommend them or warn against using them?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Drake
>>>
>>> Drake Chamberlin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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