[RE-wrenches] who makes this racking

2015-11-20 Thread jay
HI All, Any ideas of what racking this is? Yea nice install work. Sorry I can’t take credit for it. thanks jay ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing battery sizes in the same bank

2015-11-20 Thread Allan Sindelar
Larry, Nobody has responded to your question: "How can this possibly be OK for the 75AH battery? And why would a battery manufacturer say this?" and like you, it goes against everything that I have assumed. But to answer that first question: when I look at, I wonder why

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing battery sizes in the same bank

2015-11-20 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems
Hi Allan, Yep…At first my thought was with the batteries in parallel, they contribute equally to the load. Upon further thinking, this could not be true because the voltage must stay the same across all terminals during discharge. That can only mean the larger battery provides more AH than the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing battery sizes in the same bank

2015-11-20 Thread Jerry Shafer
Wrenches Mixing of batteries of the same sise and brand, older vs new maybe bepending on age and or abuse. Mixing of type or size of batteries, sorry i dont really care if the manufacture says its ok, Its not for me. I have tested batteries and BMS and even with everything right there can be an