[RE-wrenches] AGM battery recommendations

[jay]

HI Willam 

Thanks for the input.
I didn’t know that trojan was sold, and from what you say, yeah scratch them off.  

It’s currently at 30kwh.  And thats probably a good size.  
As always, cost and time is a factor.  

I’ll check the others out.

jay





> On Jan 11, 2025, at 4:17 PM, William Miller <william at millersolar.com> wrote:
> 
> Jay:
> 
> What AH or Kwh level are you looking for?
> 
> Trojan was acquired by another company a few years ago and quality had gone
> downhill.
> 
> Rolls is very sensitive to high temperatures.  They will deny a warranty
> claim if all of your parameters are not exactly right.
> 
> For larger AH systems:
> 
> I like the Full River DC-400-2.  You might be able to do a one string
> installation.
> 
> Unigy II is a great system.  Very robust.  Hard to deliver but I can offer
> tips.  Lots of AH size options.
> 
> William
> 
> Miller Solar
> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422
> 805-438-5600
> www.millersolar.com
> CA Lic. 773985
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
> Behalf Of jay via RE-wrenches
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2025 2:48 PM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Cc: jay
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] AGM battery recommendations
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I have a customer what is set on AGM.
> 
> It been so long since I’ve bought any, wondering if there are any
> recommendations?
> 
> The ones I’m looking at:
> 
> Rolls  S6-460AGM-RE
> 
> Full river DC-400-6
> 
> Trojan SAES 06 375 6V
> 
> sun Xtender  brand.
> 
> What’s interesting is the trojan has about 3000 cycles vs the others at
> around 1250 cycles to 50%.
> Im wondering if that is a marketing idea or if its real.
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> jay
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