Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-09 Thread John DeBoever
nnections the difference in resistance from new to old > is a disaster waiting (usually not too long) to happen. - > > Tom Duffy > > > > Original Message- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.o

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-09 Thread Tom Duffy
renches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 4:30 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s ~Ray: Yes, indeed. But--- would one defective cell bring about the early demise of the other two in the same case? If this occurs after one year of age, are

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread John DeBoever
es-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Fink Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 3:29 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s Tom, big cells are really the way to go, rather than too many parallel battery bank co

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread dan
ABCEP #092907-44 Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s From: "bob ellison" <reelli...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, October 08, 2012 6:04 pm To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> I too like the big singl

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread bob ellison
an L-16 6 volt Good day, Bob Ellison From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Fink Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 3:29 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s Tom, big cells are

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread John DeBoever
ttery.com www.trojanbattery.com -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 5:30 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s ~Ra

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread William Miller
~Ray: Yes, indeed. But--- would one defective cell bring about the early demise of the other two in the same case? If this occurs after one year of age, are we advised against changing out the one bad battery and required to replace all of them? More questions seem to occur the more we thi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread R Ray Walters
At least the imbalance would only be one cell, not a whole string of cells. Ray On Oct 8, 2012, at 2:20 PM, William Miller wrote: > There may be another benefit: While there are really three strings in each > case, the connections are factory and maybe not prone to imbalance. This is > the an

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread William Miller
Tom: To answer your question below: because it would only be 2 volts. Best case: for a 48 volt system you need 24 cells, period. This way they are all in series and not separate strings. In separate strings, one string will be dominant and others will be subsidiary, over time. The benefi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread Kirk Herander
tober 08, 2012 4:00 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s William, Wrenches, Thank you for asking. Indeed the Trojan Premium L16RE-2V is a monoblock flooded lead-acid battery. The cells inside the monoblock are configured in parallel with internal intercon

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread John DeBoever
-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 2:59 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s Friends: Has anyone used the Trojan 2 volt L-16 batteries? They each have 3 cells,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread Dan Fink
mailto: > re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 1:59 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s > > Friends: > > Has anyone used the Trojan 2 volt L-16 batteries? They each have 3 cells, > I

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread Tom Duffy
nches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 1:59 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s Friends: Has anyone used the Trojan 2 volt L-16 batteries? They each have 3 cel

[RE-wrenches] Trojan 2 volt L-16s

2012-10-08 Thread William Miller
Friends: Has anyone used the Trojan 2 volt L-16 batteries? They each have 3 cells, I presume in parallel. The question presents: Although you can divide the strings by three, there are still an equal number of batteries and cells to maintain and to get out of whack. Will these batteries b