Allan, I have seen batteries that have been in a warehouse environment for up to 5 or more years without issue as long as they are boosted regularly.
I know the distributor you are dealing with and they are good, "most of the time" in taking care of them while they have them in stock. To be honest when I started at Rolls they weren't so good, and have gotten much better over the years with plenty of harassment.... If there are doubts, have them put them on a charger and have them report to you the SG's from each cell before and after they charge them before you purchase them. The voltages look good but those can be deceiving. I personally have a hard time trusting trust Voltages, I would also check the SG's upon receipt... the driver won't be happy, but if they are significantly lower than what the Distributor reported to you before they left, then well you know they are not being truthful. I would expect a max drop of .010 points at the absolute most... So if they tell you they are 1.265... they should be not lower than 1.255... The Warranty for these won't start until you purchase them... so if you sell them to your customer Today... The warranty starts on June 11 2020... regardless of Mfg Date. As for the lead times... we haven't had much of a slow down at all, there were two weeks in early April that were slower than normal, but in the past 8 weeks orders have more than made up for that slow period. Covid has forced use to go to three shifts to stay with the social distancing requirements in Canada... so right now if a dist orders batteries our lead times run in the 7-8 week lead time with them quoting 10-12 that make sense due to shipping delays that we are currently seeing. In the end Allen contact me off list and we can work this out... 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These are my go > to cells if they want more that the 6CPS 25-27 plate 5000 series capacity. > Have I had issues, yes, but I also install a lot of their batteries & their > "lil pitbull of Warrantee", SH has been good to me. Keep good records, SPG& > VpC, and polarity check, prior to site delivery and accurate record keeping > after that using a refractometer. > Surrette’s warrantee has fallen in line w/ most other battery manu’s as > far as the Wtee. time frame, so check. > > On Jun 11, 2020, at 2:05 AM, Sindelar Solar <al...@sindelarsolar.com> > wrote: > > Wrenches, > > Here's one I haven't encountered before, and I'm interested in the range > of opinions I may receive. > > My battery supplier screwed up, and they admit it. On April 27 I ordered a > 24V set of 2V Surrette L16 FLAs for a long time client; note that these > were the client's choice after his extensive research. The lead time was > estimated at 10-12 weeks. Today I got the news that the distribution center > in Reno had not placed the order, as collective orders for Rolls batteries > were so slow during Covid that they hadn't wanted to ship just one set. > > I was told that they had a set in the Reno warehouse that they could bring > to Albuquerque that had a manufacture date of 6/26/2019. I was told that at > rest the 12 cells showed an average resting voltage of 2.14 vpc, with the > highest at 2.18V and the lowest at 2.08V. > > I was offered them at a discount of ~18% off of my dealer cost. > > Should I have any hesitation about accepting and installing a set that has > sat at rest for nearly a year? The alternative is to start over with the > 10-12 week lead time, unless we can arrange a rush delivery. > > Opinions welcome here, please. > > Allan > -- > *Allan Sindelar* > al...@sindelarsolar.com > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional (charter certificant) > #102503-52 > New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician > Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc. > *505 780-2738 cell* > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > *t...@swnl.net* *www.SWNL.net* > Solarwinds Northernlights > * Serving Mid Coast Maine & Northern California* > * 207-832-7574 Cl. > 610-517-8401 * > *Blair "TUMP" May* > > > * ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** * * > NABCEP "Certified PV Installer"* > > > * ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** ** > Trace Xantrex "Certified" Dealer / Installer"* > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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