<html><head></head><body>I have used a load resistor on a voltage controlled relay VCS from solar converters and a USB data logger. I only used the relay because I didn't want to kill the battery or sit watching. USB voltage loggers are good things to own anyway.<br>
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Hugh<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 August 2017 17:18:51 BST, Steve Higgins <steve@surrette.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="auto">Since Surrette was mentioned, even if you used the house loads and monitored the load current on the batteries with a DC current clamp... That would work for us... there is a webinar on the procedure on our YouTube channel. <div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 6, 2017 5:40 PM, "Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar" <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is a bare bones but easy method. I am not sure Trojan would approve.<br />
You need a working bank and an inverter. A variac is used to set the AC<br />
voltage on an electric heater. A clamp-on DC ammeter is used to set the<br />
variac for the exact specified DC current (25A).<br />
A descent Variac is not that expensive and this set-up did work for<br />
Surrette, at one time. Interested to hear what is better and easier!<br />
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> Esteemed Wrenches; My customer's saga of failing Trojan LC-16s continues,<br />
> unfortunately. It's 8 Trojan L-16 P AC in series/parallel for a 24v bank I<br />
> think I have strong warranty claim on at least one battery. Trojan's<br />
> warranty claim form requires a series of tests, including using a load<br />
> tester "approved" by Trojan (whatever that means). to put a load of 25<br />
> amps<br />
> on each battery and time down to 1.75 volts per cell, specific gravity<br />
> checks, etc.<br />
><br />
> This situation is worth purchasing a load tester I think. I'd like one<br />
> that<br />
> can do 2v, 6v and 12v batteries. Searching online, 6/12v seems common, not<br />
> seeing anything that can do 2v other than the Fluke BT series, which is<br />
> way<br />
> out of my off-grid price range. And I'm not seeing an automotive variety<br />
> where you can set the load amperage.<br />
><br />
> Anyone have product advice for something that they use and like? Any help<br />
> appreciated.<br />
><br />
> DAN<br />
><br />
> PS---backgrounder and images.......................<br />
><br />
> Numbering the batteries 1-2-3-4 left to right:<br />
><br />
> ~Battery #2 was installed as a replacement only one month ago (July 2017)<br />
> and has a late 2016 date code. The 2 hot cells have such low Specific<br />
> Gravity that they don't register on the hydrometer or refractometer.<br />
><br />
> ~Battery #3 was installed as a replacement in mid 2016. I found the cause<br />
> of the problem that killed the original battery (the entire bank was<br />
> installed 2014), an incredibly poorly crimped interconnect cable from<br />
> AltEdirect (I posted here about it then). They offered to replace the<br />
> cable<br />
> (thanks, folks) but it's of more value to me in teaching my hands-on solar<br />
> college classes.<br />
><br />
> ~Battery #3 has a 2013 date code, implying to me that it sat on the self<br />
> for almost 3 years before the distributor dumped it on me as a one-off.<br />
> Next time, I will demand the same date code on each battery.<br />
><br />
> ~Battery #1 has NO date code. First time I've seen that.<br />
><br />
> ~In any case -- all the problems seem to be on only the outer parallel<br />
> string. So the customer approved a complete re-cable, and I'm going to<br />
> build them all myself after the expensive AltE cable fail.<br />
><br />
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