<div dir="ltr">

<span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Since we are on the topic of bad battery practices...</span><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I may be fixing up a system that was both designed and installed very poorly.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">They have a 24V Outback VFXR inverter, and ten 12V AGM batteries wired into</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">5 parallel strings. I know that is a bad idea, but since they already have the </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">equipment, are there any safety issues by re-using this equipment? It is for a </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">grid tie battery backup system that will remain in float most of the time. I assume </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">that the batteries will not last particularly long, but is there any harm in using them</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">and then just getting new batteries once they fail?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Stringing is shown in the attached picture.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Cheers, </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dave</div>

<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--</font></b></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Tedeyan</font><br></b></div><div><b>Senior Engineer</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Taitem Engineering, PC</b></div><div>10 Verizon Lane, Lansing, NY 14882</div><div><font color="#000000">Voice: <a value="+16072771118">(607) 930-3481 x6</a></font></div><div><a href="http://www.taitem.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.taitem.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>