<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I still wander off into the back woods of colorado now and again. Isn't there a childrens book "Where the Grid Ends, the Fun Begins"?<br><br>Wes Kennedy<br><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 3/27/09, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar <i><larry@starlightsolar.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar <larry@starlightsolar.com><br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery impedance analyzers<br>To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:54 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1317416173">Travis,<div><br></div><div>The local Interstate distributor has one too but only for a starting battery, nothing for deep cycle or 6 volt batteries. I'll let you know what I find out.</div><div>I realize most wrenches are grid tie
installers. How many off grid battery wrenches are on the list? </div><div><br></div><div>Larry</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 27, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Travis Creswell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="" lang="EN-US"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hi Larry,</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I’ve often wondered about them. My local battery “superstore” (everything from cell phone to golf carts) had been using them for the last few years to test automotive starter batteries and deep cycles but the last time I was in there I noticed they’d gone back to the old standby resistance/carbon pile style testers. I inquired and wasn’t able to get any exacts but the summary was they were not happy with them. I’m curious to know your findings on both fronts.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Best,</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Travis Creswell</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ozark Energy Services</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;
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font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:08 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> RE-wrenches @lists.re-wrenches.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[ RE-wrenches ]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Battery<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>impedance analyzers</span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello Wrenches,</span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family:
'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Is anyone using an impedance type battery analyzer for lead acid batteries? If so, what do you have and how has it worked out. I have seen prices from $200 to $7500 and I'm sure there is a world of difference. </span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have been using a pulser circuit I built about 4 years ago to restore nearly
dead AGM batteries but I have not had any sophisticated method of verifying before and after performance. I perform a constant current equalization with no voltage limit and then leave the battery on the pulser for a few weeks. This works great and I have restored and sold a few used AGM batteries that would have gone to the recycler. Today our battery buyer just picked up another 15,400 lb. of batteries from us. Yep, they were mostly murdered! I would like to be able to restore more of them.</span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></div><pre>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><br>Options &
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