<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Kirk,<div><br></div><div>Can you fill us in on how many batteries are in each set that was ruined?</div><div><br></div><div>thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>jay</div><div><br></div><div>peltz power<br><div><div>On Oct 22, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Kirk Herander, VSE wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State">
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I have an off-grid battery / generator / SW4024 system which
has destroyed -3- sets of batteries in the last five years. By destroyed I mean
multiple batteries having shorted cells, with electrolyte literally steaming out
of them and bulging badly. The last two sets were Rolls T12-250’s. The
first set was Trojan T105’s. This system has no solar, and I would not be
surprised if the generator ran 10-12 hours a day charging the batteries, for
the residents don’t believe in energy efficiency. I could see the
batteries cycling to the point of being useless after a couple years, but the
scary thing is the condition I’ve witnessed multiple times now. Any ideas
as to why this has happened repeatedly across different brands of batteries?
Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Kirk Herander</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Vermont</span></font></st1:place></st1:state><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Solar
Engineering</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">802.863.1202</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">NABCEP(tm) Certified Solar Installer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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