Re: [RE-wrenches] battery commissioning

2008-12-17 Thread James Surrette
Hi Ron, I would be cautious in purchasing dry product for the reasons you outline. Dry charge product has it's place and is a definite benefit when shipping to remote locations where transit time / time in customs often exceeds four (4) months in hot climates (see Africa). The reduction in s

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery commissioning

2008-12-17 Thread Kirpal Khalsa
Ron.we looked into this because we have had customers that wanted the dry batterieswe were not going to stock them ourselves..we were told that: 1. There is an extra 10% surcharge for getting the dry batteries because they would have to remove them from their normal assembly line proce

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery commissioning

2008-12-17 Thread penobscotsolar
Ron, You might talk with Roy at RAE Storage Battery in Berlin CT. He is one of the few distributors of Surrette Batteries that I know that do this. Surrette does ship him the batteries dry and he fills and heats them up. It takes a lot of power, a very well vented work area and, in my opinion, t

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery commissioning

2008-12-17 Thread robert ellison
Ron, I think it would change little as the shipping weight would be about the same, I am assuming they would ship the acid with the batteries and you have to do the commissioning and charging. With wet batteries you will need to charge them as a matter of good practice if they sit there for a long

[RE-wrenches] battery commissioning

2008-12-17 Thread R Young
Hello Wrenches Do any of you stock dry charged lead acid batteries and commission them as needed? If so, what are the advantages/disadvantages of doing this aside from the obvious requirements for safe handling procedures? I'm considering this as an option to reduce shipping cost on large