Hi Mac, We had a cell failure on an Absolyte system we inherited and contacted;
Jeff Lambert Product Support and Warranty East Penn Mfg. Co., Inc. - Unigy Battery Division ( Office: (610) 682 6361 ext. 2848 | ÈCell: (484) 955 2899 | ÇPage: 888-797-8039 (If no answer on Cell) | * Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Jeff was very helpful. I do wonder if your charge controllers are getting the array power out to the battery bank, was there any damage to them too? Is the Apollo 4048 inverter/charger doing its job, is it undersized for the size of battery bank? Sincerely, Chris Worcester Solar Wind Works NABCEP Certified PV Installer Phone: 530-582-4503 Fax: 530-582-4603 <http://www.solarwindworks.com/> www.solarwindworks.com <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] "Proven Energy Solutions" From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mac Lewis Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:43 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Absolyte recovery Wrenches, We have inherited a Telecomm system in which the batteries have had a very hard life. A lighting strike knocked the system off line for about 5 months, and ground fault dragged the batteries way down about a month ago. Now, we are seeing about 10h of generator run time/day indicating to me that the batteries are not holding voltage at all. I am uncertain of the exact specs at this moment, but it is a 24 Absolyte IIP batteries (5 years old), with a 5 kW array, two Apollo T80HV charge controllers and an Apollo 4048 inverter charger. I don't have experience with these batteries. Is there any way to try to recover these batteries? Any good contacts with GNB would be useful. Thanks Wrenches, We have inherited a Telecomm system in which the batteries have had a very hard life. -- Mac Lewis "Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates -- Mac Lewis "Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates
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