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  <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">We've used an engine hoist before, but for tight spaces, we built
      a rig out of unistrut with a small block and tackle.&nbsp; Come along
      can be hard to use, and puts dangerous metal parts over the
      battery.</p><p class=""><img src="http://www.hupsolar.com/images/HUP-batteries-are-easier-to-install.jpg" alt="HUP batteries are easier to install" class=""></p><p class="">I've since gone to a winch system, and also try to move the
      batteries on rollers without taking the cells out.<br class="">
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ray Walters
Remote Solar
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/5/19 6:36 AM, Michael Packard
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        <div dir="auto" class="">I did this exact same thing for a 48v Hup one
          battery bank.&nbsp; Engine hoist worked like a charm and my back
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:09
            AM Allan Sindelar &lt;<a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">allan@sindelarsolar.com</a>&gt;
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Bill, I
            just did that a month ago, and it went amazingly smoothly.
            Earlier, on a similar HUP replacement, I told the (absentee)
            client that I would rent an engine hoist to lift the cells
            out of the steel cases, and he advised me that it would cost
            him less labor and travel if I bought one of the Chinese
            engine hoists from Harbor Freight for $90 and just kept it.
            Turned out to be a good application for CCC (thanks, Bob-O).
            A concrete floor, the engine hoist, a simple hand truck and
            a strong assistant to share the load made light work of both
            removal and installation - all 4,000 pounds of it, one 200
            lb. cell at a time... so I went dancing that evening. <br class="">
            Allan<br class="">
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            &gt; On Nov 4, 2019, at 9:46 PM, frenergy &lt;<a href="mailto:frenergy@psln.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">frenergy@psln.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br class="">
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            &gt; I'm going to have to remove the cells from 4 HUP Solar1
            battery cases to change-out the pack (no option, bad
            access).&nbsp; Anyone ever had problems come-a-longing from above
            the first cell and if so, what's the solution?...and what
            are you doing tomorrow?<br class="">
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            &gt; Thx,<br class="">
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