Zephyr vent fans have a small vent hole located on the pvc housing below the damper flap so if/when the fan fails the gasses are still able to escape from the battery box and dissipate into a larger space.
David Palumbo Independent Power LLC 462 Solar Way Drive Hyde Park, VT 05655 www.independentpowerllc.com NABCEP Certified PV Installer Vermont Solar Partner 23 Years Experience, (802) 888-7194 -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Richard L Ratico Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:47 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery venting Huh??? I'm probably missiing something here. What happens when the powervent fails??? I replace it with another, the same thing I do when other equipment in our whiz bang industry fails. The difference with the powervent is that it is easy and relatively inexpensive. I've also had good luck using screens on the vent inlet and outlets, per the instuctions, albeit a high tech solution. :-) Seems inverters, charge controllers, batteries, DC breakers, even modules fail more frequenty. Rant off. Dick Ratico Solarwind Electric --- You wrote: Jeffrey, I'll second Jay's suggestion that sealed AGM batteries are the best choice in this circumstance. Presumably this is a grid backup system so the poor endurance of AGMs for cycling applications shouldn't be an issue. If you use a Zephyr power vent horizontal runs shouldn't be problem, but what happens when the power vent fails? It will fail. I've seen the bearings wear out on one and another that failed when insects got into the blades and gummed it up to the point that the motor stalled. Kent Osterberg Blue Mountain Solar, Inc. www.bluemountainsolar.com t: 541-568-4882 On 12/31/2011 6:59 AM, JRQ wrote: > Wrenches, > > I'm looking at a potential battery backup system wtih a 200 AH @48V > flooded battery bank in the basement electrical room of a 3 story > building. There is a window in the electrical room. The batteries will > be located about 10' from an outdoor wall. The building is all > reinforced concrete, so I can not run a vent pipe vertically from the > batteries. Does anyone have a rule of thumb for how much the vent > pipes can be angled from the batteries? Would it be more lenient for > short sections of pipe (say <2') versus one long angled piece from the > batteries? My instinct would be to keep the pipe no more than 45? from > plumb. > > Or with bending the vent pipe: does anyone have a best-practice rule > for the sum of the angles of bends? > > Thanks, > Jeffrey Quackenbush > NABCEP Certified PV Installer > Peripatetic Solar Technician --- end of quote --- _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
