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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The first thing I would look at is how the batteries are being charged… Can they even be charged by the present equipment? What is the Bulk/Absorb voltage and time? Equally important
is the design of the bank… series or series/parallel and if parallel how many strings. Lastly which Trojan L-16 are these?
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<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>Drake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 15, 2013 8:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Trojan L-16s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Wrenches,<br>
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A 1 1/2 year old bank of Trojan L-16s had a battery with a dead cell. I have heard that there have been some complaints about the L-16s lately. Has anyone had experiences with Trojan L-16s (or the RE series), good or bad? Are they still a good choice to use
in off grid systems?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Drake <br>
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Drake Chamberlin<br>
<i>Athens Electric LLC<br>
OH License 44810<br>
CO License 3773<br>
NABCEP Certified Solar PV<br>
740-448-7328<br>
</i><a href="http://athens-electric.com/">http://athens-electric.com/<br>
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