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Danny, My experience is if you are careful and use <u>equal length
conductors</u> for all 3 strings you can get good results. The
main problem I have with 3 strings of 6 V cells @ 48 vdc is leaving
the customer with 72 cells to check and fill. That's a lot of work
if you don't have a watering system. <br>
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I totally get why you'd want to give them 2 strings in case they
lose a battery or 2. Most of my off grid customers live quite a
ways from the battery store and it's not uncommon for it to take a
month to get replacements - during the best of times. <br>
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Another option I've done is give them a string of 25 - 2V cells for
a 48V system. You just set the charging parameters accordingly and
go. That way if they lose a cell or two, the remaining battery bank
should be able to keep them limping along until the replacement
battery(s) show up. Need to check and <u>make sure</u> your charge
controller and inverter can charge at the slightly higher V but
usually that's not a problem. <br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Greg Egan<br>
Remote Power Inc.<br>
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 20:45:44 +0000
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Thanks all for the advice. I figured it was not worth trying on a different battery brand. I honestly needed to be able to tell them I researched it and asked my peers.
The client really uses the 3 x strings they have and did not really want to go down to 3. They are currently choosing to get the two Rolls under the prorated warranty, and hopes to get another 2 useful years out of the bank before planning to replace.
Already prepared him on the cost of the equivalent Li+ at todays prices. So he knows roughly where he is heading.
Side note: I am in the camp of trying for 2 x strings when possible (agree that 3 x strings is the absolute limit, and not the best option), simply because if a single cell goes bad, I don?t want a client with essentially nothing available until we can get a replacement and get on site. With 2 strings, they can make due at least. That?ll go out the window with Lithium though. Looking at Fortress Power for the next battery bank for this client. But we will see what changes in the market by the time it?s needed.
With Regards,
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Danny Young
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Engineering Team Lead
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