<div dir="auto">Wrenches, Allan<div dir="auto">You could wait but you will not know what you get untill it arrives, I would take what you got, they need a good charge anyway and after you may find it difficult to pick out the oldest one just from voltage.</div><div dir="auto">Jerry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 11:05 PM Sindelar Solar <<a href="mailto:Allan@sindelarsolar.com">Allan@sindelarsolar.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Wrenches,</p>
<p>Here's one I haven't encountered before, and I'm interested in
the range of opinions I may receive.</p>
<p>My battery supplier screwed up, and they admit it. On April 27 I
ordered a 24V set of 2V Surrette L16 FLAs for a long time client;
note that these were the client's choice after his extensive
research. The lead time was estimated at 10-12 weeks. Today I got
the news that the distribution center in Reno had not placed the
order, as collective orders for Rolls batteries were so slow
during Covid that they hadn't wanted to ship just one set. <br>
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<p>I was told that they had a set in the Reno warehouse that they
could bring to Albuquerque that had a manufacture date of
6/26/2019. I was told that at rest the 12 cells showed an average
resting voltage of 2.14 vpc, with the highest at 2.18V and the
lowest at 2.08V.</p>
<p>I was offered them at a discount of ~18% off of my dealer cost.</p>
<p>Should I have any hesitation about accepting and installing a set
that has sat at rest for nearly a year? The alternative is to
start over with the 10-12 week lead time, unless we can arrange a
rush delivery. <br>
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<p>Opinions welcome here, please.</p>
<p>Allan<br>
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<div><b><span>Allan
Sindelar</span></b><span><br>
</span><a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span>allan@sindelarsolar.com</span></a><span><br>
</span><span>NABCEP
Certified PV Installation
Professional (charter certificant) #102503-52 <br>
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>
Founder (Retired), <span>Positive
Energy, Inc<span>.</span></span><br>
<b>505 780-2738 cell</b></span>
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