Wrenches
I have been around batteries for many years and I have had poor battery
construction issues and installation issues but in most cases, failures can
be avoided by visual inspections and not the fire and forget that so many
people that think maintenance free means. The trogan pic is a result
When I'm evaluating an old system, one thing I do is really yank on all
the battery connections. If it turns, tighten it down, and in several
cases, the cable just pulls loose from the connector. They are time
consuming to do right. Cable has to be stripped long enough, the
crimper needs to
Last weekend. 3-year old, 24v battery bank, series/parallel.
6v Trojan L-16 in an 8-battery bank, one battery on one string showing 4v.
Negative end of string. Replaced the one upstream of it last summer, same
problem. Aha! I say, and folks here on the Wrenches list (including me)
complaining about
Hello Ray,
Good thinking on the inverter failure part in all of this and thanks for
sharing your experience with a smoking hot battery terminal. Good point on
using the Vaseline with making the connections before using any gritty
coating.
Some good reminders/lessons on making good battery co
HI Dave;
Based on the evidence, I might suspect a short in the inverter, or the
inverter was feeding a heavy load when the melt down occurred. I can't
see how a short at the battery would cause an inverter failure, unless
the melted lead caused the polarity to be reversed, or created a
positi
Thanks Dave, This is all helpful. We do90% battery systems, and I need
to emphasize periodic maintenance. This will help. Chris
On 1/21/2017 10:52 AM, Dave Palumbo wrote:
Hi Chris,
I don't have any pictures myself, the Backwoods email included a photo
of a corroded bolt and a clean assembly
Hi Chris,
I don't have any pictures myself, the Backwoods email included a photo of a
corroded bolt and a clean assembly which I've snipped and attached.
Off the Wrenches list I have had a conversation with another wrench who
shared his successful methods which I will share here.
<< The
Hi David, do you have any pictures of this that could be shared? Chris
On 1/20/2017 12:52 PM, Dave Palumbo wrote:
Following is an entry from a Backwoods Solar email that I received
today. I would like to share this as a teachable point for RE techs
not familiar enough with proper battery ba
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