Looks like a mix of old and new Batteries in a cabinet too small to drain excessive heat gain. Was the cabinet shaded? Or exposed to direct sun? Temp sensor on charging source? What size interconnect cables were used? Was it a bus system? Absorb with End Amps was turned on?
Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2018, at 4:41 PM, Michael Morningstar <mjmornings...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > <image1.jpeg> > One year old. Well looked after system. >> On May 10, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems >> <la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote: >> >> Wrenches, >> >> Attached is a photo of my first thermal runaway event after 17 years and >> thousands of battery systems installed. These were in an RV. I checked every >> charge source and all are within specified charging parameters. No cause >> found. The owner is a single elderly lady that uses very little power in her >> RV and spend most of the time on shore power. She reported that the >> batteries were dead when she unplugged from shore power. This was i the 23rd >> month after installation. >> >> After I reported this to my Fullriver distributor, they told me that another >> set of DC400-6 had melted down just 1 month earlier and that they had fused >> together just like these. That is extreme heat. It is too peculiar to know >> of two similar events. This meltdown happened within the 2 year warranty >> period but my customer could not come back to us for another 3 months beyond >> the warranty period. Fullriver would not allow anything towards replacement >> do to the reporting date being grater than 24 months. >> >> I would like to know has anyone else had a similar failure with Rolls or >> Fullriver AGM batteries, specifically L16 size. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Larry Crutcher >> Starlight Solar Power Systems >> >> >> >> <IMG_0627.jpeg> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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