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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Larry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It looks like the UPG batteries come from the same Chinese factory as well. We’re hoping the Trojan Reliant work out well with their re-introduction Q1 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">AGM batteries seem to be the most misunderstood (after Gels) I have noticed the failure rate is higher than wet, I assume most folks think VRLA means “don’t pay any attention at all.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">Tom Duffy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">Senior Solar Design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">**Please note my new email – You will now be able to find me at:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Starlight Solar Power Systems<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2016 1:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Test procedure for Concorde batteries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will you share the failures you had with the testing you did? How long ago was the test? It looks to me like Rolls Battery has chosen FullRiver as their OEM supplier for AGM batteries. I’m very sure they tested extensively and choose carefully.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<br>
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Larry Crutcher<br>
Starlight Solar Power Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sep 2, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Tom Duffy <<a href="mailto:Tom@solar-biz.com">Tom@solar-biz.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gary</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A number of years ago I designed the back-up system for the Washington DC Metro System communications in conjunction with Apollo Solar. After extensive testing of both the Concorde and Full River
brand batteries. We chose Concorde SunXtender because of failures in the Full River during testing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">Tom Duffy</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">Senior Solar Design Engineer</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600"><a href="mailto:tom@solar-biz.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">tom@solar-biz.com</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">**Please note my new email – You will now be able to find me at:
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600"><a href="mailto:tom@solar-biz.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">tom@solar-biz.com</span></a><i> Please update your records so we don’t lose touch!**</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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