I have 2 systems on my hill here that have the Trojan Smart carbon and the regular Trojan. They both are flooded 2V 1100 AH batteries and I see, and my clients see no difference. The both are about 6 years old. They both have the ridiculously stupid 3 ports for each 2V to water. I did not spec this battery and wanted Surrette but.....
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 > Hadn't seen the spec sheet of the GS battery... thanks. > > It's a Carbon battery with a Carbon additive to the negative plate. > Generally and this of course depends on the manufacturer when you add > carbon to the neg anode (plate) it increases the cycle life, and charge > acceptance of the battery. It also makes it more resistive to hardened > sulfation situations. > > The drawback, at least from what Rolls has found is when you do this you > also increase the self discharge rate of the battery, they don't show this > on their spec sheet... > > Rolls has been working on a carbon based battery for some time now, at > least longer than I've been there... Eng, says they are still working the > kinks out and finishing testing. We typically don't beta test product on > customers. 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Any unauthorized review, distribution or other use of or the > taking of any action in reliance upon this information is prohibited. If > you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete or > destroy this message and all copies. > ------------------------------ > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Daniel Tittmann <dan...@greenwired.com> > wrote: > >> forgot to include the link to the GS batteries. >> >> http://www.gsbattery.com/PDFs/SLR1000-2.pdf >> >> Thank you Steve for the information on the construction of the batteries >> and how that affects cycle life. >> Cheers- >> Daniel >> >> >> Daniel Tittmann >> CTO >> Greenwired >> www.greenwired.com >> dan...@greenwired.com >> 707-923-2001 Ext. 500 (office) >> 707-206-5088 (Cell) >> >> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Daniel Tittmann <dan...@greenwired.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I am reaching out to the group to see if there is any experience with >> GS >> > batteries. Their cycle life graph is better than I have seen in any >> VRLA >> > battery I have seen (see comparison below). I wanted to know if >> anyone >> on >> > here has used them and if so have you experienced the cycle life that >> they >> > are reporting. I am waiting for a reply from the manufacturer for >> more >> > info as well. >> > >> > [image: Inline image 2] >> > >> > as comparison: >> > Rolls gel cell cycle life is more classic to what we see in most >> batteries >> > http://www.rollsbattery.com/wp-content/uploads/batteries/S2-1070GEL.pdf >> > [image: Inline image 3] >> > >> > or Full river DC400-6 >> > http://www.fullriverbattery.com/product/batteries/DC400-6 >> > [image: Inline image 1] >> > What am i missing or how do they do this? >> > thanks >> > Daniel >> > >> > Daniel Tittmann >> > CTO >> > Greenwired >> > www.greenwired.com >> > dan...@greenwired.com >> > 707-923-2001 Ext. 500 <(707)%20923-2001> (office) >> > 707-206-5088 <(707)%20206-5088> (Cell) >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. >> org/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: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
