Hi Jerry, I think his issue was the generator was starting at around 4-5am on some days. I think this may have been a programming error, I lowered the start voltages on the AGS.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Jerry Shafer <[email protected]> wrote: > does your customer have any issues or is this a first inspection type call > just to see > Jerry > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Mac Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello wrenches, >> >> I just went on a service call for a new client. He had a bank of 4 year >> old Interstate L16HCL batteries, 2 strings of 8, 48V system, 840Ahr. We >> went through the batteries and got specific gravity on all of the cells >> post-equalization. I was a bit surprised to see some very high numbers ie >> over 1.32 for the specific gravities (higher than my refractometer goes). >> The specific gravities were all over the place, but I haven't seen numbers >> this high. I don't have a great explanation. He has a stacked 3648 VFX >> Outback system, and the set-points were 58.8V Absorb for 2 hours, and 62V >> Equalize for 2 hours. He has a decent amount of solar (about 3400W) and a >> 1000W wind generator. >> >> Any ideas why the specific gravity is so high on some cells? Also, is >> there anything wrong with having SG this high, post-equalization? For this >> very standard battery, what settings do you go with (Bulk, Absorb, Float, >> Eq, and times for Abs and Equalization). >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Mac Lewis >> >> *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates * >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > -- Mac Lewis *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates*
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