Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-13 Thread John DeBoever
pany From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Drake Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:41 AM To: Darryl Thayer; RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries I've seen batteries get very hot from deficit chargi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-13 Thread Drake
nday, April 02, 2012 12:14 PM To: <mailto:allso...@scswifi.net>allso...@scswifi.net; RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries Jeremy, Wrenches, 165°F is definitely too high and you should stop immediately any charge to avoid further major problems. I recommend you co

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-12 Thread Darryl Thayer
thermal runaway occcurs in the hot battery.  From: Jason Szumlanski To: RE-wrenches Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries There must be some confusion here about the charging rate. C/20 refers to capacity

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-02 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Szumlanski Fafco Solar *From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Allan Sindelar *Sent:* Monday, April 02, 2012 1:46 PM *To:* re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries Wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-02 Thread Allan Sindelar
renches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason Szumlanski Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:53 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrench

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-02 Thread John DeBoever
.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason Szumlanski Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:53 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries There must be some confusion here about the charging rate. C/20 refers to capacity divided by 20, so in the case

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-02 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries Wrenches, Can anyone explain why an L16 bank would be at 165F at rest. Over a C20 charge rate, but I have a feeling there might be an internal short Jeremy All Solar Sent via BlackBerry. Sorry for typos and shorthand

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-02 Thread John DeBoever
l 01, 2012 7:20 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries Wrenches, Can anyone explain why an L16 bank would be at 165F at rest. Over a C20 charge rate, but I have a feeling there might be an internal short Jeremy All Solar Sent via BlackBerry. Sor

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-01 Thread robert ellison
for typos and shorthand! > > -Original Message- > From: robert ellison > Sender: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.orgDate: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 > 20:50:41 > To: RE-wrenches > Reply-To: RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries > > Are the batterie

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-01 Thread allsolar
: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries Are the batteries packed tight with no ventilation and under a hiugh charge rate? They should not be over 115 to 120 in most any case, and lower is always better. A c/20 is a high rate and the batteries will hold their heat for a while, lead heats and cools slowly

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-01 Thread robert ellison
Are the batteries packed tight with no ventilation and under a hiugh charge rate? They should not be over 115 to 120 in most any case, and lower is always better. A c/20 is a high rate and the batteries will hold their heat for a while, lead heats and cools slowly. What is the water usage, it shoul

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-01 Thread Chris Mason
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-01 Thread b...@midnitesolar.com
On 4/1/2012 4:19 PM, allso...@scswifi.net wrote: Wrenches, Can anyone explain why an L16 bank would be at 165F at rest. Over a C20 charge rate, but I have a feeling there might be an internal short Jeremy All Solar The open circuit voltage should give a good indication of a shorted cell.

[RE-wrenches] Hot Trojan Batteries

2012-04-01 Thread allsolar
Wrenches, Can anyone explain why an L16 bank would be at 165F at rest. Over a C20 charge rate, but I have a feeling there might be an internal short Jeremy All Solar Sent via BlackBerry. Sorry for typos and shorthand! ___ List sponsored by Home Power