inefficient? they are better then lead antimony, but are considered 'shallow cycle', so i never take them down more than 50%. todd On Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:44am, "Drake" <drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org> said:
Are they too inefficient for off grid? Drake At 05:53 PM 7/17/2013, you wrote: for standby (bbgt) systems, please consider wet cell lead calcium cells. i have a 23 year old set still going strong. lead antimony will go 12 years... if you are lucky! todd On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:06pm, "Drake" <drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org> said: <snip> They have been a standby for this type of system. If they truly are not lasting as long as previously, what other options do we have for a reasonably priced, decent quality battery in that amp hour range? Thanks, Drake Sent from Finest Planet WebMail. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & settings: [http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org] http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: [http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org] http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: [http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm] www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: [http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/] www.members.re-wrenches.org Sent from Finest Planet WebMail.
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