If they are too tight this can happen also. I have asked my battery distributor about torques in the past with no definite answers.
Bob Ellison -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan Jones Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trojan L-1r studs William, If the connections were not tight enough heat could have built up to melt the bolt mount. It is not all that uncommon and confirms the importance of properly torqueing all connections. Nathan Jones Power Source Solar On Wed Feb 9th, 2011 11:23 AM CST William Miller wrote: >Friends: > >We were repairing an install yesterday that contained a group of Trojan L-16 batteries. To our surprise, two of the threaded studs pulled out of the battery cases. The studs are really just standard machine bolts with the heads pressed into a socket. I have never seen this before. Has anyone else? > >William Miller > > >Please note new e-mail address and domain: > >William Miller >Miller Solar >Voice :805-438-5600 >email: [email protected] >http://millersolar.com >License No. C-10-773985 ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news _______________________________________________ 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
