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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Mac,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We had a cell failure on an Absolyte system we inherited and contacted;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Jeff Lambert</span><span style='color:navy'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Product Support and Warranty</span><span style='color:navy'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>East Penn Mfg. Co., Inc. - Unigy Battery Division</span><span style='color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'>Office: (610) 682 – 6361 ext. 2848</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>| </span><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Webdings'>È</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'>Cell: (484) 955 – 2899 </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>| </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:navy'>Ç</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Page: 888-797-8039 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'>(If no answer on Cell)</span><span style='color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'> | </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>*</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'>Email</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>:</span><span style='color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="mailto:jlambert@eastpennunigy.com" title="blocked::mailto:jlambert@eastpennunigy.com"><span style='color:navy'>jlambert@eastpennunigy.com</span></a></span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jeff was very helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I do wonder if your charge controllers are getting the array power out to the battery bank, was there any damage to them too? Is the Apollo 4048 inverter/charger doing its job, is it undersized for the size of battery bank?<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:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>Sincerely,<br><br>Chris Worcester<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>Solar Wind Works<br>NABCEP Certified PV Installer<br>Phone: 530-582-4503<br>Fax: 530-582-4603<br><a href="http://www.solarwindworks.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.solarwindworks.com</span></a><br><a href="mailto:chris@solarwindworks.com"><span style='color:blue'>chris@solarwindworks.com</span></a><br>"Proven Energy Solutions"</span><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 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"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>mac Lewis<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Absolyte recovery<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have inherited a Telecomm system in which the batteries have had a very hard life. A lighting strike knocked the system off line for about 5 months, and ground fault dragged the batteries way down about a month ago. Now, we are seeing about 10h of generator run time/day indicating to me that the batteries are not holding voltage at all.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> I am uncertain of the exact specs at this moment, but it is a 24 Absolyte IIP batteries (5 years old), with a 5 kW array, two Apollo T80HV charge controllers and an Apollo 4048 inverter charger.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb>I don't have experience with these batteries. Is there any way to try to recover these batteries? Any good contacts with GNB would be useful.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb>Thanks</span><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have inherited a Telecomm system in which the batteries have had a very hard life. <span style='color:#888888'><br clear=all><span class=hoenzb><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>Mac Lewis</span></span><span class=hoenzb><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF9900'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p><span style='color:#305A78'>"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." </span><b><span style='color:#686868'>-Sócrates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Mac Lewis<b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF9900'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='color:#305A78'>"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." </span><b><span style='color:#686868'>-Sócrates</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF9900'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>