My question is WHY do folks still install these steel cased Pain the A*& BBs when we have 2 volt cells (UnigiII/Surrette/Crown)that have up to 2400AH @20hr rate and are easily moved by hand, fork truck, shovel! 2 volt cells is always the way to go. > On Nov 5, 2019, at 11:47 PM, Ray <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > > We've used an engine hoist before, but for tight spaces, we built a rig out > of unistrut with a small block and tackle. Come along can be hard to use, > and puts dangerous metal parts over the battery. > > > > I've since gone to a winch system, and also try to move the batteries on > rollers without taking the cells out. > Ray Walters > Remote Solar > 303 505-8760 > On 11/5/19 6:36 AM, Michael Packard wrote: >> I did this exact same thing for a 48v Hup one battery bank. Engine hoist >> worked like a charm and my back was very thankful! >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:09 AM Allan Sindelar <al...@sindelarsolar.com >> <mailto:al...@sindelarsolar.com>> wrote: >> Bill, I just did that a month ago, and it went amazingly smoothly. Earlier, >> on a similar HUP replacement, I told the (absentee) client that I would rent >> an engine hoist to lift the cells out of the steel cases, and he advised me >> that it would cost him less labor and travel if I bought one of the Chinese >> engine hoists from Harbor Freight for $90 and just kept it. Turned out to be >> a good application for CCC (thanks, Bob-O). A concrete floor, the engine >> hoist, a simple hand truck and a strong assistant to share the load made >> light work of both removal and installation - all 4,000 pounds of it, one >> 200 lb. cell at a time... so I went dancing that evening. >> Allan >> >> > On Nov 4, 2019, at 9:46 PM, frenergy <frene...@psln.com >> > <mailto:frene...@psln.com>> wrote: >> > >> > I'm going to have to remove the cells from 4 HUP Solar1 battery cases to >> > change-out the pack (no option, bad access). Anyone ever had problems >> > come-a-longing from above the first cell and if so, what's the >> > solution?...and what are you doing tomorrow? >> > >> > Thx, >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > Feather River Solar Electric >> > Bill Battagin, Owner >> > 4291 Nelson St. >> > Taylorsville, CA 95983 >> > 530.284.7849 >> > CA Lic 874049 >> > www.frenergy.net <http://www.frenergy.net/> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> > https://www.avast.com/antivirus <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> > >> > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> > <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> >> > >> > Change listserver 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://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> > >> > <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> >> > >> > List rules & etiquette: >> > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> > <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> >> > >> > Check out or update participant bios: >> > www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> >> >> Change listserver 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://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> >> >> Change listserver 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://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> >> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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