<div>I guess that i can qualify as an "off grid battery wrench" I also do large motive power batteries.The difference being mostly that they are on wheels.</div>
<div>I have recieved 1 on grid call in 2 years and they were looking to connect an off grid system to the grid. </div>
<div>So much for qualifying for NABCEP !</div>
<div>The immediate area that I am in gets lake effect off Lake Ontario and averages 1 hour a day of sun in the winter That's an estimate, were worse than Syracuse, NY. They even took Syracuse off the isolation charts for a few years, too depressing I guess.</div>
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<div>Back to pulling wires,</div>
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<div>Bob<br><br></div>
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<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>
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<div>On Mar 27, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Travis Creswell wrote:</div><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span> </span><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><span> </span>[<a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]<span> </span><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of<span> </span></span></b>Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b><span> </span>Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:08 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b><span> </span><a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b><span> </span>[RE-wrenches]<span> </span>Battery<span> </span>impedance analyzers</span></font></div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><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>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><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>
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