[RE-wrenches] Query re Blue Ion smell

[Lou Russo]

Aloha Allan,

Of my small 132kW-Hr install base I have not had this issue.

Aloha,

Lou Russo
(808) 345 6762



On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 6:31 AM Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Allan
> Have you contacted BI Support, they have a pretty good team that can help
> with this,
> Jerry
>
> On Sat, May 18, 2019, 11:37 AM Sindelar Solar <Allan at sindelarsolar.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wrenches,
>>
>> My first (and largest at 48 kW-hr) Blue Ion LiFP installation has been in
>> operation for about 9 months. The client is happy with the batteries'
>> performance. However, he recently sent me the following question:
>>
>> Have you heard anything about the Blue Ion batteries generating an odor?
>> We have had an odor in the barn ever since the batteries went in.  It is a
>> subtle, slightly rotten smell.  We have searched for dead mice and other
>> such things and have found nothing.  The correlation with the battery
>> installation is starting to become more important.  Since we use the barn
>> for a number of things (including guest sleeping and Susan sewing), this is
>> a non-trivial issue.  I don't know if you have much sense of smell, so we
>> don't expect you to come over an sniff.  I would like to know if you have
>> heard of anyone else observing this.
>>
>> I haven't heard of any such issue but offered to post his query here. Has
>> anyone else among us heard of a "subtle, slightly rotten smell" from a Blue
>> Ion installation?
>>
>> Thanks, Allan
>> --
>>
>> *Allan Sindelar*
>> allan at sindelarsolar.com
>> New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
>> Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.
>> *505 780-2738 cell*
>>
>>
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