<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><base href="x-msg://633/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Brian, We often have customers that don't want to loose programming for their satellite receiver. To reduce tare loss and the parasitic drain on a large inverter, we install a 100 Watt dedicated inverter, about $20, to keep the sat receiver going 24/7. We do the same thing for small refrigerators.<div><br></div><div>William, As for 28 year old batteries, I MUST know more. How did you verify the age? What make/model? Not knowing the history, I would not trust SG readings to determine condition. I have heard and seen all kinds of strange things done to batteries including dumping out old electrolyte and refilling, adding acids, salt water, aspirin, other chemicals and so on.<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> </div><div apple-content-edited="true">Please tell us more.<br><br>Larry<div><br><br><br></div>
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<br><div><div>On Dec 10, 2013, at 2:10 AM, Brian Teitelbaum <<a href="mailto:bteitelbaum@aeesolar.com">bteitelbaum@aeesolar.com</a>> wrote:</div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">"... The satellite unit may lose its programming when switched off which is a major hassle, so your client may not want to put it on a switch."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:re-<a href="mailto:wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>William Miller<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, December 09, 2013 7:56 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[RE-wrenches] Heart Interface Idle Draw<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Friends:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I have a client with 28 year old batteries. They are in great shape with excellent specific gravity. I have no idea why they have lasted so long. We recently pulled an old Heart HF series inverter and installed an Outback VFX3524 inverter. Coincidentally the client purchased a new flat screen TV and satellite receiver.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The client reports generally lower battery voltages since the install. I am trying to figure out if it is the inverter or the TV.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Does anyone know the idle draw of the HF series inverter? This information would help me troubleshoot this problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">William<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>