Hi Ray, I noticed this discrepancy as well and am confused by their ratings.
Jerry, have you seen anything to either confirm or make you doubt GB's ah ratings? Thanks, Howie -- Howie Michaelson NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional™ Catamount Solar, LLC Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service VT Solar Electric & Hot Water Incentive Partner http://www.CatamountSolar.com 802-272-0004 On Wed, March 12, 2014 12:49 pm, Ray Walters wrote: > Check the specs carefully, I had a customer looking at the GBs, and the > amp hr rating was suspicious, seems like they were claiming a much a > higher AH per lb than other lead acid batteries. Also they had verbally > told the customer a higher cycle life than what was listed in the actual > warranty. > I really feel the battery industry is not doing a good job of policing > itself these days, companies are doing their own testing, without > independent confirmation. > > R.Ray Walters > CTO, Solarray, Inc > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > Licensed Master Electrician > Solar Design Engineer > 303 505-8760 > > On 3/12/2014 6:36 AM, Howie Michaelson wrote: >> Does anyone have any experience with the GB Industrial batteries - I >> have >> no knowledge of them. I have a client who wants to purchase their >> 2-volt, >> 2144 amphour batteries, and their pricing is much better than anything >> that I can get elsewhere. They are looking to replace an existing bank >> (2 >> strings, 48v) of equivalent batteries made by Reaco(?) (now owned by >> Crown). I'm trying to decide if we should resell these to our client >> (taking on the potential headache and margin, or let the client deal >> directly with GB. The client is willing to go either way. >> >> Thanks, >> Howie > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ 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 List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
