[RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures

[Glenn Burt]

So the Lifeline models, not the SunXtender models?
GlennSent from my 'smart' phone so please excuse spelling and typographical errors.
------ Original message------From: Starlight Solar Power SystemsDate: Fri, Jan 19, 2018 12:02 PMTo: RE-wrenches;Cc: Subject:[RE-wrenches] Concorde Lifeline Battery failures
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  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?


_______________________________________________
List sponsored by Redwood Alliance

List Address: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org

Change listserver email address & settings:
http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org

List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html

List rules & etiquette:
www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm

Check out or update participant bios:
www.members.re-wrenches.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches_lists.re-wrenches.org/attachments/20180119/7bad50f7/attachment.htm>