Kris, It would be nice to see a picture of the whole battery bank. I would guess a spark/arc from bad battery wiring practice/installation during charging. Just the hint that he was watering to avoid you seeing the bad maintenance on his part would make me walk. I always am extremely leery of "inherited" clients. I like to teach mine to to this right and alway have a copy of the check for the battery near the bank. A picture of a fire truck with lights on might help this guy... Good Luck
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail [email protected] text 209 813 0060 > Since we are talking batteries... I had a scheduled checkup on an > inherited > stand alone system last Tuesday. On Monday night, the client called to > tell me that a battery blew up in his face when he was adding water (no > doubt to prevent being scolded by me regarding fluid level maintenance). > He assures me that there was no metal in the vicinity and, indeed, I saw > no > evidence of a short on the terminals. Judging by the rest of the pack, > it's likely that the plates were exposed and he was adding fluid with hard > solar charging in progress. Fortunately he only suffered an injured > finger > and a ringing in his ears. > > Best guesses at the cause of the explosion? > > Picture attached. > > Thanks, > Kris > _______________________________________________ > 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
