[RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

[Starlight Solar Power Systems]

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 “the only one” 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 <drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org> 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?