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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you Allan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Howie – Sorry for not being more clear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OCV = Open Circuit Voltage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SG = Specific Gravity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ronald Paredes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Technical Product Manager – Renewable Energy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>Trojan Battery Company<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>12380 Clark Street <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel: (562)236-3000 Ext. 3066<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax: (562)236-3279<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:rparedes@trojanbattery.com"><u>rparedes@trojanbattery.com</u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.trojanbattery.com/"><u>www.trojanbattery.com</u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>Trojan Battery Company - Clean Energy for Life™</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Allan Sindelar<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan L16 2v vs 6v<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Howie,<br>I understood it to mean Open Circuit Voltage, or resting voltage, as this formula tends to fit that.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=il><b>Allan</b></span><b> Sindelar</b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br><a href="mailto:Allan@positiveenergysolar.com" target="_blank"><span class=il><u>Allan</u></span><u>@positiveenergysolar.com</u></a><br>NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer<br>EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br><b>Positive Energy, Inc.</b><br>3201 Calle Marie<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507<br><b>505 424-1112</b><br><a href="http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/" target="_blank"><u>www.positiveenergysolar.com</u></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 7/20/2010 8:56 PM, Howie Michaelson wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><pre>Ronald, et al,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I for one would very much appreciate an informed discussion about<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>paralleling strings of batteries, particularly in an off-grid environment<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>with and without PV (ie just generator charging). I have over the years<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>moved toward single strings whenever possible, having seen what I've<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>assumed to be the negative effects of multiple strings many times<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(unbalanced banks, premature cell death, etc.).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I greatly appreciate the information being offered in this thread. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>However, I must be thick headed at the moment, but I'm not getting what<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>"OCV" means...<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Howie<o:p></o:p></pre></div><br clear=all> This e-mail message and any attachments that accompany it may contain
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