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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We have been using L16's made by East Penn / Deka for many years, 100's of them installed every year, and have yet to have a cell failure
attributed to manufacturing. Sure there has been occasional melted terminals or dry battery due to customer neglect.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What I most like about this brand is they have complete control over the entire manufacturing process, from lead smelter forward. Their
pricing is stable. The product is excellent quality, availability is very good. Not as popular as other brands as they don't pour a lot of funds into marketing, and why they are not as well known as say, Trojans. We replace many banks of Trojan with East Penn
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Drake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> December-15-15 8:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Surrette L-16 battereis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hello Wrenches,<br>
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Even after my clients have learned to maintain their batteries properly, the Trojan L-16 batteries continue to crater, one cell at a time. One client is considering spending $12,000 on a nickel - iron battery bank he found on the web. This seems like a ridiculously
large investment, but he is feeling desperate. We urgently need another option from the Trojan L-16s.<br>
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How are the Surrette L-16s holding up? Would you recommend them as worth the extra investment?
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What is the best battery to use in an off grid system these days. <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/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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