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Mark,<br>
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The warranty reads, "After the first 36 months of service, defective
batteries will be adjusted for a period of up to 120 months prorated
from the date first in service at prices in effect at time of
adjustment."<br>
<br>
Prorate means to divide up proportionally. In this case, the value
is proportional to the time. Five years is 60 months or 50% or 120
months.<br>
<br>
There must have been a mistake in someone's computations. The
customer should have been credited 50% the value of a new battery. <br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bluemountainsolar.com">www.bluemountainsolar.com</a>
t: 541-568-4882</pre>
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On 2/9/2012 8:51 AM, Mark Dickson wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size:
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chime in here about Surrette.
. .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">We have used them
almost exclusively in
the past as they seem far superior to the other
batteries in their class. However,
recently we had a customer have three 2KS33PS
prematurely fail in their bank
after 5 years. After swapping them out and shipping
them back to Surrette,
we were told that yes indeed they were bad and at no
fault of the customer. After
badgering them to follow through on their 10yr
(prorated) warranty they finally
relented and offered the customer a check for $40 per
battery!!! Talk
about pro-rated! Thus they figured these batteries
were only worth ~3% of
what they originally cost 5 years prior. We were
offered more from the
battery recycler.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">We were pretty
bummed about this as was
our customer. It would be nice if battery companies
were forced to
list their pro-rating chart with their warranty
statements. We will
probably continue to sell them while at the same time
looking for other options
and taking their 10 year warranty with a grain of
salt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Certified Solar PV Installer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight:
bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Chris Schaefer<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Thursday, February 09, 2012
9:28 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
'RE-wrenches'<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [RE-wrenches] <st1:place w:st="on">Battery</st1:place>
Experience</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Is there any reason why you are not considering
Surrette? I see on the list
that wrenches are talking about AGM, but I can’t
imagine using them when
considering the size of your system. Their (Surrette)
service has been A++. I
have several systems that are now over 10 years old
and show very little sign
of aging. I love their dual containment system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Larry
Crutcher,<st1:personname w:st="on">Star</st1:personname>light
Solar Power Systems<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Thursday, February 09, 2012
11:05 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
RE-wrenches<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [RE-wrenches] <st1:place w:st="on">Battery</st1:place>
Experience</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt">Interesting. Do you know if Deka has more
than one manufacturing
plant? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt">My Deka representative did respond. Perhaps
I could have expressed this
better: the response was "they are out of warranty".
I knew that.
However, due to the number of Deka battery failures
we were experiencing,
I would have expected something more than "no
warranty". They
did replace one 8D that failed at 13 months. Thanks
Deka.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">During the last few years that we sold and
installed the Deka AGM's, we
also sold Lifeline, Sun Xtender, Trojan, Optima
and FullRiver. We sold 3 times
as many Lifeline as we did Deka. Zero failures
form any other brand.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I have a customer coming in today that has
2 8D AGM's. I installed
these 11 months ago. His complaint is that the
voltage will drop to 11.5 within
5 hours of use. I'll let you know what I find.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Larry Crutcher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
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Power Systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">On Feb 9, 2012, at 5:24 AM, Ken
Schaal wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:
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have used Deka wet and sealed, AGM and
Gel, since 1999 and never had a
premature failure.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size:
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have a set of 8D AGM's in my own
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style="font-size:
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local factory warehouse is responsive
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face="Arial" size="2"><span
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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:larry@starlightsolar.com"
title="larry@starlightsolar.com">Larry
Crutcher,Starlight
Solar Power Systems</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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kennedy</a><span
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[RE-wrenches] <st1:place w:st="on">Battery</st1:place>
Experience<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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have experience with the Deka Unigy
AGM's,
I can tell you that we are
experiencing many failures of the 4D,
8D and other
6 and 12 volt Deka AGM batteries. The
company will not respond to the
problems
so we will never sell another Deka or
MK (made by Deka) AGM battery.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I
have a
project (high altitude, off
grid, 25 kw PV, 9 x SI5048's,
multicluster) where I
am considering two similar
batteries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Absolyte
GP (GNB 100G17) vs the Deka
Unigy II (AVR95-19). Both
have similar
reported Lifecycle curves,
1200-1300 cycles at 80% DOD.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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field
experience to share? The Deka
seems better on paper, larger
AH capacity per
dollar quoted from my
distributor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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