<div dir="ltr">Kirpal,<div>You state that the Rolls 5000 series come standard with recombiner caps. Just installed a set of 4ks25p yesterday and the caps haven't changed that I noticed. I've been using the Hydro caps for about 15 years now and all my clients including the ones we use here at our office/shop only require water every 6 months. We reinstall the original caps during EQ. I am looking to try out the Rolls caps one of these days though.</div><div><br></div><div>Christopher</div><div><p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Chris Schaefer’s<br></font></span><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px"><img src="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Solar-Wind-FX-Logo.png" width="200" height="40" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></a><br><i><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-size:9pt">Tel/Fax 585-229-2083 or Cell 585-748-1870 </span><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></span></i><i style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font color="#1f497d"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">5115 South Hill Road ~ Canandaigua New York 14424<br></font></font></span></i><i style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.solarandwindfx.com</span></a> ~ E-mail: <span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:chris@solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank">chris@solarandwindfx.com</a></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img src="http://solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/certs.jpg" width="200" height="56"><br></span></i></p><p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thomas Jefferson, the author of our great Constitution, once said, "democracy" will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:larry@starlightsolar.com" target="_blank">larry@starlightsolar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Battery Wrenches,<div><br></div><div>The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low absorb voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge voltage for many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of gasses. These and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the caps should be removed for equalization charges. </div><div><br></div><div>Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to trap moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of Water Miser caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering. </div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><br><span>Larry Crutcher</span><br><span>Starlight Solar Power Systems</span><br></div></div><br class="m_-1263903301660094958Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-1263903301660094958Apple-interchange-newline" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br class="m_-1263903301660094958Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" target="_blank">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-1263903301660094958Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the following.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sbsbattery.com/<wbr>PDFs/Battery-Recombination-<wbr>Plug.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jay</div><div><br></div><div>peltz power<br><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, <a href="mailto:penobscotsolar@midmaine.com" target="_blank">penobscotsolar@midmaine.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="m_-1263903301660094958Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down<br>on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every<br>little bit helps.<br>Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some. <a href="tel:%28860%29828-6007" value="+18608286007" target="_blank">(860)828-6007</a><br><br>Daryl<br><br><br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Top o' the morning!<br>Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000<br>batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas<br>where<br>to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from<br>seem to have them.<br>We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate<br>results....some customers seem to think they help with minimizing<br>electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.....Any thoughts?<br><br><br><br>Sunny Regards,<br>Kirpal Khalsa<br>Oregon LRT#25<br>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>Oregon Solarworks LLC<br><a href="http://www.oregonsolarworks.com/" target="_blank">www.oregonsolarworks.com</a><br><a href="tel:541-299-0402" value="+15412990402" target="_blank">541-299-0402</a><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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<p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thomas Jefferson,
the author of our great Constitution, once said, "democracy" will
cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give
to those who would not."</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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