Well I have some but little experiance, I tried flooded batteries, cycleing
batteries in float, I have had to many fail in two to 4 years, I have two C&D
sealed AGM battery sets in float, these are now 9 years old, and they are due
for a test, but it apperas they are still going fine. One set has had about 2
grid outages in 9 years, the other maybe 9 grid outages. >From my experiance
the sealed AGM should be the battery of choice for long float periods.
Darryl.
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From: "toddc...@finestplanet.com" <toddc...@finestplanet.com>
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Interstate L-16 vs Trojan L-16REB
my inquiry is about the health of floating a lead antimony battery bank, in a
grid-tie with battery back-up system, where the batteries float 99% of the
time... considering (not specifically about any particular brand/manufacturer)
i have also heard talk about the necessity to have to "work harden" a set of
deep cycle batteries to get optimal use and capacity.
in a battery backup system, the batteries wear our from old age, rather than
cycling lifespan. it is common for batteries in these systems to go years with
no cycling. if cycling is healthy for a battery. i'd like to know that. i have
heard people speculate on it before, but never got a definitive answer from a
manufacturer. i respect jamie and his expertise, so that is why i'd like to
hear what he has to say about these batteries theories floating out there in
wrench land.
todd
On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:52pm, "William Miller"
<will...@millersolar.com> said:
Colleagues:
I am no sure if it would be appropriate for a manufacturer to comment in this
forum on the relative merits of two competing battery products.
Respectfully,
William Miller
At 12:27 PM 2/15/2012, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote:
i would LOVE it if jamie surrette would chime in on this comment.
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