Re: [RE-wrenches] FullRiver battery question

2018-11-28 Thread Ray
For your application, that battery seems like a great idea.  I had a rep from Michigan Energy Works drive all the way out to my off grid place in New Mexico back in 90s to demo that inverter. Seemed like a good idea, they just didn't have a good charge controller worked out for solar at 144 vdc

Re: [RE-wrenches] FullRiver battery question

2018-11-28 Thread Sindelar Solar
Thanks, Ray. In this case I established availability (albeit in SoCal) and a good written price quote before posting my request here. Allan On 11/28/2018 9:53 PM, Ray wrote: I don't see why it wouldn't have similar performance to other Fullriver products.  The problem I've had in the past, w

Re: [RE-wrenches] FullRiver battery question

2018-11-28 Thread Ray
I don't see why it wouldn't have similar performance to other Fullriver products.  The problem I've had in the past, when I found that "perfect" battery model on the spec sheet, is that the distributor usually doesn't stock it, and then it either is too pricey, or too long a lead time to be pra

[RE-wrenches] FullRiver battery question

2018-11-28 Thread Sindelar Solar
Esteemed Wrenches: Short form, just my question: FullRiver makes a DC215-12 AGM battery, which is in the J185 profile, more akin to an L16 at 15"x7"x15" tall. I haven't used this particular battery model and it's not commonly used in solar applications. Is there any reason I should avoid it, b