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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Larry,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">To get back to your previous response to me – I’m fully onboard with the benefits of lithium batteries. For now, they seem like the clear successor to lead acid technology. However, I’m still concerned about the ability of these smaller “integrators” to assemble cells and electronics together and make a robust package. There may very well be good ones out there, I just don’t know. Tesla’s product is still brand new and who knows how that is going to go. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">August</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><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";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> RE-wrenches [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Starlight Solar Power Systems<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 22, 2016 2:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] LiFePO4; WAS Availability of Powerwall Batteries</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Allan,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to challenge the use of the term "locally manufactured". Mccune Solar Works does not manufacture lithium batteries. They purchase battery cells from China and package other third party components like EMS and relays to make a lithium battery system. Very similar to what we do except our LFMP battery package EMS and CPU is designed by the manufacturer exclusively for GBS batteries. Perhaps a better term would be LFP battery dealer or integrator.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Larry Crutcher<br>Starlight Solar Power Systems</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Jan 22, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Allan Sindelar <<a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com">allan@sindelarsolar.com</a>> wrote:<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white">Wrenches,<br>A longtime off grid friend of mine, with whom both I and Positive Energy have collaborated on difficult installations over the years, just purchased a 24V 230AH, 120 lb. LiFePO<sub>4</sub> (Lithium Iron Phosphate) battery bank that is locally manufactured in Albuquerque. It's still too small and too expensive to run his entire home, so he has devised a battery switching system and is keeping his older FLAs in operation while he tests these and affords more strings. So far he's quite pleased with the performance, but there's not yet a track record for his set.<br><br>So I want to pass on this low-key manufacturer: Chuck McCune, McCune Industries, <a href="http://www.mccunesolarworks.com/">http://www.mccunesolarworks.com</a>, (866) 622-8630. I believe that a legal Non-Disclosure Agreement is necessary to get the real info.<br><br>Contact me off list if you'd like to speak with my friend with the new set. I believe that he has set up as a regional dealer. <br>Allan</p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Allan Sindelar</b><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com">allan@sindelarsolar.com</a></span><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt">NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional<br>New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.<br><b>505 780-2738 cell</b><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>