[RE-wrenches] Batt Cap AGM

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar offgridsolar at sti.net
Wed Nov 21 11:14:55 EST 2018


Words of wisdom Hilton. I saw a few of these types of systems during the
wildfires here this summer. It was hard to leave people without power in
the smoke and ruin. The guy who took the job has been blamed for
everything. My quote was complete replacement of everything except the
solar panels.

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
"we go where powerlines don't"
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:09:02 -0500, Hilton Dier <hiltondier at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Drake
> 
> I vote for option 3: run like the wind. If you touch it you own it. With
> that voltage variation there has to be some deterioration, so the bank
will
> never run right no matter what you do. Of course if you change anything
it
> will be your fault that it doesn’t work.
> 
> If anything, I’d recommend that you tell the guy his bank was installed
in
> a way guaranteed to ruin it and that it is in fact ruined. Then lace up
> your track shoes and sprint. If you take the job to replace it he will
> always harbor a suspicion that you just wanted to make the money on a
new
> battery bank. 
> 
> The most important client is the one you don’t take. 
> 
> Hilton Dier III
> Renewable Energy Design
> Missisquoi River Hydro LLC
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