Happened to us once too with a Surette S-530. Now that "free" battery sits in my home's bank with some sharpie + and - symbols on it. Easy to see how the symmetrical cap could be placed on backwards. Seems a keyed notch on the cap would prevent that. . .
Best regards, Mark Dickson, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer T Oasis Montana Inc. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Szumlanski Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:26 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery polarity check Wow. I always check my batteries for voltage when they arrive before installation. I never thought to check the polarity. I'll look for that negative symbol on my meter from now on! Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar On Oct 19, 2010, at 6:22 PM, "Kirpal Khalsa" <[email protected]> wrote: Hey All......just wanted to send out a reminder to not take the markings on the terminals of batteries for granted.....we were installing a brand new bank of 2V 2400Ah batteries today and had one battery mis labeled direct from the manufacturer......had the potential to be catastrophic, just so happened that luck was on our side.......I will not be relying on the manufacturer's polarity markings any more....... -- Sunny Regards, Kirpal Khalsa NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer Renewable Energy Systems <http://www.oregonsolarworks.com> www.oregonsolarworks.com 541-218-0201 m 541-592-3958 o _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: <mailto:[email protected]> [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> 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
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