Ron, You might talk with Roy at RAE Storage Battery in Berlin CT. He is one of the few distributors of Surrette Batteries that I know that do this. Surrette does ship him the batteries dry and he fills and heats them up. It takes a lot of power, a very well vented work area and, in my opinion, too much hassle. You can reach Roy at 860 828-6007
Daryl DeJoy NABCEP Certified PV installer Penobscot Solar Design > Ron, > I think it would change little as the shipping weight would be about the > same, I am assuming they would ship the acid with the batteries and you > have > to do the commissioning and charging. > With wet batteries you will need to charge them as a matter of good > practice > if they sit there for a long time. > . > But you don't have to get the acid drops on you from filling them. I swear > that even wearing a rubber suit, I still get drops of the acid on me. Most > of the time it is not noticeable till after a wash. > I expect the factory would rather do it for quality control reasons also. > The less you mess with the acid the better, it takes a lot of > concentration > to keep from overfilling the cells without a filling tool. > > Bob > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:50 AM, R Young <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Wrenches >> >> Do any of you stock dry charged lead acid batteries and commission them >> as >> needed? If so, what are the advantages/disadvantages of doing this aside >> from the obvious requirements for safe handling procedures? I'm >> considering >> this as an option to reduce shipping cost on large battery consignments >> and >> increase storage time but have no experience in activating batteries >> from a >> dry state. I've read the Surrette activating instructions and it seems >> easy >> enough although I'm wondering if the freight cost advantage will be >> offset >> by the power requirement of charging the batteries. >> >> Ron Young >> earthRight - Solareagle.com >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Options & 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: [email protected] > > Options & 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: [email protected] Options & 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
