Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in a dwelling - Venting Concorde AGMs

2014-06-21 Thread Jerry Shafer
If you do decide to vent the battery box, The battery enclosure should be air tight, in the event the wind is blowing higher air pressure could exist outside and push any gases into the building. I understand that this is a sealed battery buy they will fail and if it was me I would want then in a s

Re: [RE-wrenches] Shattered Evergreen ES-160-SL Module, DPW TOP rack

2014-06-21 Thread Ray Walters
As noted in the previous case, the shattered module is on the bottom corner. Those are the most vulnerable to damage from animals, kids, vehicles, etc. The tempered glass always shatters as you described, when enough force is applied. Look very closely for some slight bending of the frame w

[RE-wrenches] Shattered Evergreen ES-160-SL Module, DPW TOP rack

2014-06-21 Thread Richard L Ratico
A client of mine suffered a mysterious shattered module on a DPW TOP rack. The rack holds eight of these in landscape orientation. The one that broke was in the lower, west corner of the array. The glass appears to be uniformly shattered, with pieces approximately 1/4" in size. The glass has not st

Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in a dwelling - Venting Concorde AGMs

2014-06-21 Thread Bob Clark
RE-Wrenches: 2014 NEC 480.9 (A) has two informational notes that seem to point to the possibility of not having to vent AGMs. Here is what I was going to do with 8 Concorde SunXtender Batteries, 6V, 405Ah, L16, PVX-4050HT: 1. Put them in a Midnite Solar, MNBE-CL16 Battery Enclosure (which is