[RE-wrenches] Fullriver Battery meltdown

[jay]

Lead melts at 621.

Plastics melt depending on the type between 212f and 491f ( for the most common ones)
http://education.seattlepi.com/hot-water-melt-plastic-3626.html

But melting and being able to be deformed is very different.  

jay

peltz power

> On May 10, 2018, at 2:48 PM, Chris Worcester <chris at solarwindworks.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow, Melting point <https://www.google.com/search?q=lead+melting+point&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LSz9U3MDItijco0dLJTrbST85Izc0sLimqhLCSE3PiU3NSc1PzSqxyU3NKMvPSFQryM_NKAFn3H808AAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH4smbj_zaAhUI-mMKHSXxAjIQ6BMImQIoADAd>: 621.4°F .
>  
> Chris Worcester
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> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>] On Behalf Of Starlight Solar Power Systems
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:43 PM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fullriver Battery meltdown
>  
> Wrenches, 
>  
> Attached is a photo of my first thermal runaway event after 17 years and thousands of battery systems installed. These were in an RV. I checked every charge source and all are within specified charging parameters. No cause found. The owner is a single elderly lady that uses very little power in her RV and spend most of the time on shore power. She reported that the batteries were dead when she unplugged from shore power. This was i the 23rd month after installation. 
>  
> After I reported this to my Fullriver distributor, they told me that another set of DC400-6 had melted down just 1 month earlier and that they had fused together just like these. That is extreme heat. It is too peculiar to know of two similar events. This meltdown happened within the 2 year warranty period but my customer could not come back to us for another 3 months beyond the warranty period. Fullriver would not allow anything towards replacement do to the reporting date being grater than 24 months.
>  
> I would like to know has anyone else had a similar failure with Rolls or Fullriver AGM batteries, specifically L16 size.
>  
> Thank you,
> 
> Larry Crutcher
> Starlight Solar Power Systems
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