Re: [RE-wrenches] 8d battery replacement

2019-10-03 Thread Maverick Brown
Jay Sounds like he doesn’t cycle them very often. So... Concorde makes a nice 8D AGM. So does Fullriver. Thank you, Maverick > On Oct 3, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Jay wrote: > > Hi all > > Ive got a client with dead 8d’S. 48v system, had 3 strings, about 600ah. > > I was planning on using the O

Re: [RE-wrenches] 8d battery replacement

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin Pegg
Hi Jay, We just had the same situation, client had a set of Concorde 8D's that were at least 20 years old. Racking in place. We replaced with East Penn Intimidator series 8D AGM's for simplicity. Kevin -Original Message- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenche

Re: [RE-wrenches] 8d battery replacement

2019-10-03 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Full River use to make an 8D AGM back aways. Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 09:00:46 -0700, Jay wrote: > Hi all > > Ive got a client with dead 8d’S. 48v system, had

Re: [RE-wrenches] 8d battery replacement

2019-10-03 Thread Ray
Have you looked at Northstar?  They make some similar batteries. Personally I never used the 8Ds.  I would save my back and go with golf cart AGMs, or if going heavy, I use the L16 style AGM, and reduce the # of parallel strings.  Many AGMs can be laid on their side, so you might check your ra

[RE-wrenches] 8d battery replacement

2019-10-03 Thread Jay
Hi all Ive got a client with dead 8d’S. 48v system, had 3 strings, about 600ah. I was planning on using the OB PLC 200 but is discontinued and the replacement is 1-2 months out. They were 3000 cycles to 50% DOD. Wondering what people would recommend. Lithium is not an option, too expensive up

[RE-wrenches] SMA US 7.7 T-L 41

2019-10-03 Thread Drake
Hello Wrenches, A TL-41 came instead of a TL -40. The mounting instructions say to use 2 screws on the conduit box under the inverter to hold up the entire unit Tech support is being trained soon, but so far does not know. Emacs! Can this be right? Thanks, Drake __