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Hello Wrenches,<br><br>
For small off grid systems, where money is an object, I use Trojan L-16s
of the standard capacity. On this list, these have been recommended
by many as more durable than the HC. <br><br>
I recently had a customer complain when his worn out HC batteries (five
years) were replaced by the standard capacity L-16 batteries. He
wasn't satisfied with the capacity. I'm wondering if Trojan
has also declined in its quality, or if he is really noticing a very
significant difference between the HC and the E battery. (Or could
he have new drains on his system he hasn't accounted for?)<br><br>
Do you think the new Trojan L-16 batteries are as good as the old
ones? Is it really best to avoid the HC batteries. How much
noticeable difference is there between the initial performance of the
two? <br><br>
Thanks,<br><br>
Drake <br><br>
<br>
At 04:41 AM 2/15/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I have had horrible experience
with Interstate L-16's both the standard and<br>
the HC versions.<br>
When you have several installs that get 10+ years from the standard
Trojan<br>
L-16's and you install (or they replace them with) Interstate's and
some<br>
Deka's and they fail in 3 or so years, it says something. <br>
I see no reason that the customers would suddenly change their
maintenance<br>
habits after years of doing it right!<br><br>
This also happened with a replacement set that I had.<br><br>
I have to blame the batteries,<br>
Bob Ellison<br><br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org<br>
[<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ray
Walters<br>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:02 AM<br>
To: RE-wrenches<br>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Interstate L-16 vs Trojan L-16REB<br><br>
No, both golf cart batteries and industrial cells get more cycle life per
$.<br><br>
Ray<br><br>
On 2/14/2012 1:18 PM, William Miller wrote:<br>
> Colleagues:<br>
><br>
> Do any of you have experience with Interstate L-16 batteries?
Are <br>
> they a good value?<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance,<br>
><br>
> William Miller<br>
><br><br>
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<font size=2>Drake
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ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC<br>
OH License
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CO license 3773<br>
NABCEP Certified PV<br>
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