[RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread William Miller
Friends: Am I under any obligation to provide a spill containment system under an array of flooded batteries? If so, what do you recommend under a 8' x 11' array of Hawkers? William ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches

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2014-03-10 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Kevin, Did the XW replace the Magnum PAE model or the AE earlier version? Thanks. Larry On Mar 8, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Kevin Pegg wrote: Yes, and have noticed a fair bit of light flicker when other loads kick in. In this particular office setting, it was laser printers as they warm up and

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread Glenn Burt
William, Look at your local building and fire codes to see if this is a requirement. Here in NY, the local fire code requires "Spill Control and Neutralization" when batteries with "free-flowing liquid electrolyte" are installed. Good Luck, Glenn -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread Tump
Quick cable does have a battery matt material that does both; item # 510171-008 72'X96" THEY ALSO HAVE 42X 52 CONTAINMENT PALLET PART # 510250 hit cap lock by accident! www.quickcable.com On Mar 10, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Glenn Burt wrote: > William, > > Look at your local building and fire codes to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread Jerry Shafer
The Hawkers we use come in steel containers already with the battery inside if this the same then you should be compliant. You can also have plastic containers made we use TAP Plastics they can custom build you a box that fits your location. On Mar 10, 2014 1:31 PM, "Tump" wrote: > Quick cable do

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread RE Ellison
If you look at the bottom of the steel battery boxes they generally have drain holes in them! They are intended to contain the battery cases not the electrolyte If you want to contain the electrolyte go to a sheet metal shop and have them build a case to set the battery case in Braze or silver

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
Spill containment should be plastic. On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:41 PM, RE Ellison wrote: > If you look at the bottom of the steel battery boxes they generally have > drain holes in them! > > They are intended to contain the battery cases not the electrolyte > > If you want to contain the electro

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread RE Ellison
Plastic would definitely work better if you could have access to a shop that can make it Bob Ellison > On Mar 10, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Chris Mason wrote: > > Spill containment should be plastic. > > >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:41 PM, RE Ellison wrote: >> If you look at the bottom of the stee

[RE-wrenches] Polar Power

2014-03-10 Thread Tump
Anyone used/have feed back on these DC gensets? The supra controller has quite a bit to offer. Pricing on these? Thanks in advance Tump > t...@swnl.net www.SWNL.net > Solarwinds Northernlights >Serving Mid Coast Maine & Northern California >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery spill containment

2014-03-10 Thread Exeltech
I also vote for plastic. Contact Radiant Solar Technology in Ukiah, CA. They make a variety of durable, ventilated HDPE enclosures. http://www.homepower.com/contractors/radiant-solar-technology I've had two of their enclosures in my solar trailer for five years. Well constructed. Zero probl

Re: [RE-wrenches] Polar Power

2014-03-10 Thread James Jefferson Jarvis
I have a customer that runs a bunch of them and seems to like them. I sold one to another customer and Polar Power was pretty rude to both my employee and I. I haven't had the occasion to deal with them since, so I can't comment if that was an isolated incident or not. I will note that their cont

Re: [RE-wrenches] Polar Power

2014-03-10 Thread Ray Walters
I've got one customer that has one, they're pricey, but seem well made. They had quite a few problems and are going to a regular AC generator setup and decent inverter/ charger. The off grid solar biz has tried DC gen sets several times, and it has never worked out. The theoretical gain in ef