It's 30A not 50A as I incorrectly stated. Cost a couple grand! Not sure where we bought it from have had for a while, but here is a link to product. http://www.tequipment.net/InstekPSH3630A.html Kevin
-----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of Howie Michaelson Sent: January 6, 2014 8:25 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Deka AGMs Kevin, What 2 volt battery charger do you use for either SLA and/or flooded deep cycle batteries? What are the specs on it? Availability? We have tried to source a 2 volt charger in the past and the only ones we found were cost prohibitive. Does anyone have any good leads for such an item? Thanks, Howie -- Howie Michaelson NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer(tm) Catamount Solar, LLC Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service VT Solar Electric & Hot Water Incentive Partner http://www.CatamountSolar.com 802-272-0004 On Mon, January 6, 2014 6:17 pm, Kevin Pegg wrote: > Hi August, > > I have many of these batteries in service. They are generally very good > batteries but they must be charged properly. Which goes for any battery, > really, but these are not as easily recovered from under-charge. At 12 > years old I would expect they are approaching end of service, so good to > let the client plan for that. > > The most common issue we find is a cell or two that is not taking full > charge. To remedy that a 2V / 50A charger is connected to that cell to > bring it up in balance with rest of the bank. > > If you want I can email you the factory testing process and inspection > sheets directly. > > Kevin Pegg > EA Energy Alternatives Ltd. > 37471 Hwy 16 E > Telkwa, BC V0J 2X2 > 250-846-9888 > Http://www.EnergyAlternatives.ca <http://www.energyalternatives.ca/> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of August > Goers > Sent: January 6, 2014 1:00 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Deka AGMs > > > > All Battery Wrenches, > > > > I'm servicing an existing battery backup system with some big Deka AGM > battery banks. I believe they are about 12 years old. Does anyone have any > general comments about Deka batteries? Any suggestions about how I would > test these would be greatly appreciated. Here's a link to the product: > > > > http://www.dekabatteries.com/default.aspx?pageid=366 > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > August > > > > Luminalt > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & 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 Change email address & 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 Change email address & 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
