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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/19/2018 11:59 AM, Starlight Solar
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<pre wrap="">Drake,
We have at least a dozen systems that failed early from lost capacity over the last 2 years with 2-4 year old battery banks. The AGM failures are all Lifeline battery made by Concorde.
Lifeline and my distributor both told me I was \u201cthe only one\u201d with failures. I dropped Lifeline battery after being a dealer for 16 years and many hundreds of systems installed. Historically we had seen 7-10 years average life from battery banks that we installed. One regular customer is at 12 years and still going. I have a sense of vindication now hearing from others about Concorde capacity issues.
Thank you,
Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems
(928) 342-9103
On Jan 18, 2018, at 9:18 AM, Drake <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:drake.chamberlin@redwoodalliance.org"><drake.chamberlin@redwoodalliance.org></a> wrote:
A Concorde AGM PVX 3050T recently failed in a bank of 8. Larry mentioned a couple of brands experiencing problems. These batteries are 4 years old and have been kept in float in an off grid system, never stressed. Hopefully Concorde batteries are not going the way of Trojan L-16s. Has anyone else had problems with Concorde?
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