Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems 
One other advantage, recombination caps wear out. We have had Water Miser caps 
returned (during upgrade to AGM’s) that are over 10 years old. By washing in 
baking soda and water, thoroughly rinsing, they continue working. Should last 
decades.

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems




On Oct 13, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Steve Higgins  wrote:

Correction... 

Watermiser caps are plastic balls, not palladium balls...   I've never cut one 
open, maybe something I should do someday. 

Thanks Larry! 






   
  
  
  
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Steve Higgins > wrote:
Wrenches... 

Recombination Caps typically use a palladium plate or balls to help the 
recombination process...  The Hydrogen and Oxygen in gas for pass by the 
palladium. The Hydrogen and Oxygen attaches to the palladium and  it rejoins 
the gasses into a liquid form.  

The problem with this process is it can build up quite a bit of heat.  The nice 
thing about the water-miser caps is it's made up of many palladium marbles, 
instead of a disk. There are some recombination caps that when you are 
charging at higher voltage, or EQ'ing they will heat up tremendously and will 
melt to the tops of the batteries. This forces you to remove the caps during 
heavy charging, or equalizing as melting caps are not a good thing, and whats 
the point of having these if you can't have them on the battery? 

This is why we switched to the water-misers, they don't get as hot and are made 
of materials that can absorb a bit more heat and you don't have to remove them 
when charging. 

If you need help finding these, let me know off list and I'll work with a 
distributor near you to get them. 

 




   
  
  
  
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems 
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Battery Wrenches,

The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low absorb 
voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge voltage for 
many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of gasses. These 
and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the caps should be 
removed for equalization charges. 

Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to trap 
moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of Water Miser 
caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering. 

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems




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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Steve Higgins 
Correction...

Watermiser caps are plastic balls, not palladium balls...   I've never cut
one open, maybe something I should do someday.

Thanks Larry!






 
 
 
 

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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Steve Higgins  wrote:

> Wrenches...
>
> Recombination Caps typically use a palladium plate or balls to help the
> recombination process...  The Hydrogen and Oxygen in gas for pass by
> the palladium. The Hydrogen and Oxygen attaches to the palladium and  it
> rejoins the gasses into a liquid form.
>
> The problem with this process is it can build up quite a bit of heat.  The
> nice thing about the water-miser caps is it's made up of many palladium
> marbles, instead of a disk. There are some recombination caps that when
> you are charging at higher voltage, or EQ'ing they will heat up
> tremendously and will melt to the tops of the batteries. This forces you to
> remove the caps during heavy charging, or equalizing as melting caps are
> not a good thing, and whats the point of having these if you can't have
> them on the battery?
>
> This is why we switched to the water-misers, they don't get as hot and are
> made of materials that can absorb a bit more heat and you don't have to
> remove them when charging.
>
> If you need help finding these, let me know off list and I'll work with a
> distributor near you to get them.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
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> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems <
> la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote:
>
>> Battery Wrenches,
>>
>> The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low
>> absorb voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge
>> voltage for many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of
>> gasses. These and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the
>> caps should be removed for equalization charges.
>>
>> Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to
>> trap moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of
>> Water Miser caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering.
>>
>> Larry Crutcher
>> Starlight Solar Power Systems
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, jay  wrote:
>>
>> while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the
>> following.
>>
>> http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> peltz power
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote:
>>
>>

Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems 
Steve,

Water Miser caps use plastic beads to condense moisture. No recombination takes 
place. No exothermic process thus no heat is generated.

Larry




On Oct 13, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Steve Higgins  wrote:

Wrenches... 

Recombination Caps typically use a palladium plate or balls to help the 
recombination process...  The Hydrogen and Oxygen in gas for pass by the 
palladium. The Hydrogen and Oxygen attaches to the palladium and  it rejoins 
the gasses into a liquid form.  

The problem with this process is it can build up quite a bit of heat.  The nice 
thing about the water-miser caps is it's made up of many palladium marbles, 
instead of a disk. There are some recombination caps that when you are 
charging at higher voltage, or EQ'ing they will heat up tremendously and will 
melt to the tops of the batteries. This forces you to remove the caps during 
heavy charging, or equalizing as melting caps are not a good thing, and whats 
the point of having these if you can't have them on the battery? 

This is why we switched to the water-misers, they don't get as hot and are made 
of materials that can absorb a bit more heat and you don't have to remove them 
when charging. 

If you need help finding these, let me know off list and I'll work with a 
distributor near you to get them. 

 





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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems 
 wrote:
Battery Wrenches,

The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low absorb 
voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge voltage for 
many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of gasses. These 
and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the caps should be 
removed for equalization charges. 

Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to trap 
moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of Water Miser 
caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering. 

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems




On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, jay  wrote:

while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the following.

http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf

Jay

peltz power
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote:
> 
> We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down
> on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every
> little bit helps.
> Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some. (860)828-6007
> 
> Daryl
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Top o' the morning!
>> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
>> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
>> where
>> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
>> seem to have them.
>> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
>> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
>> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sunny Regards,
>> Kirpal Khalsa
>> Oregon LRT#25
>> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
>> Oregon Solarworks LLC
>> www.oregonsolarworks.com
>> 541-299-0402


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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Steve Higgins 
Wrenches...

Recombination Caps typically use a palladium plate or balls to help the
recombination process...  The Hydrogen and Oxygen in gas for pass by
the palladium. The Hydrogen and Oxygen attaches to the palladium and  it
rejoins the gasses into a liquid form.

The problem with this process is it can build up quite a bit of heat.  The
nice thing about the water-miser caps is it's made up of many palladium
marbles, instead of a disk. There are some recombination caps that when
you are charging at higher voltage, or EQ'ing they will heat up
tremendously and will melt to the tops of the batteries. This forces you to
remove the caps during heavy charging, or equalizing as melting caps are
not a good thing, and whats the point of having these if you can't have
them on the battery?

This is why we switched to the water-misers, they don't get as hot and are
made of materials that can absorb a bit more heat and you don't have to
remove them when charging.

If you need help finding these, let me know off list and I'll work with a
distributor near you to get them.






 
 
 
 

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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems <
la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote:

> Battery Wrenches,
>
> The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low
> absorb voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge
> voltage for many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of
> gasses. These and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the
> caps should be removed for equalization charges.
>
> Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to
> trap moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of
> Water Miser caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering.
>
> Larry Crutcher
> Starlight Solar Power Systems
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, jay  wrote:
>
> while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the
> following.
>
> http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf
>
> Jay
>
> peltz power
>
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote:
>
> We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down
> on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every
> little bit helps.
> Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some.
> (860)828-6007
>
> Daryl
>
>
>
>
> Top o' the morning!
> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
> where
> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
> seem to have them.
> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> Oregon LRT#25
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
> 541-299-0402
>
>
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Chris Schaefer 
Kirpal,
You state that the Rolls 5000 series come standard with recombiner caps.
Just installed a set of 4ks25p yesterday and the caps haven't changed that
I noticed. I've been using the Hydro caps for about 15 years now and all my
clients including the ones we use here at our office/shop only require
water every 6 months. We reinstall the original caps during EQ. I am
looking to try out the Rolls caps one of these days though.

Christopher

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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems <
la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote:

> Battery Wrenches,
>
> The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low
> absorb voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge
> voltage for many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of
> gasses. These and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the
> caps should be removed for equalization charges.
>
> Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to
> trap moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of
> Water Miser caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering.
>
> Larry Crutcher
> Starlight Solar Power Systems
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, jay  wrote:
>
> while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the
> following.
>
> http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf
>
> Jay
>
> peltz power
>
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote:
>
> We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down
> on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every
> little bit helps.
> Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some.
> (860)828-6007
>
> Daryl
>
>
>
>
> Top o' the morning!
> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
> where
> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
> seem to have them.
> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> Oregon LRT#25
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
> 541-299-0402
>
>
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems 
Battery Wrenches,

The problem with recombination style caps is they require using a low absorb 
voltage, about 2.35 to 2.4 Vpc. I am a big fan of aggressive charge voltage for 
many flooded battery types. Doing so produces more evolution of gasses. These 
and other caps can be overwhelmed by this. In addition, the caps should be 
removed for equalization charges. 

Water Miser caps are not recombination caps, they use condensing beads to trap 
moisture and drip back into the cell. We have sold many hundreds of Water Miser 
caps and some customers report up to 5 months between watering. 

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems




On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, jay  wrote:

while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the following.

http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf 


Jay

peltz power
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com 
>  wrote:
> 
> We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down
> on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every
> little bit helps.
> Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some. (860)828-6007
> 
> Daryl
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Top o' the morning!
>> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
>> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
>> where
>> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
>> seem to have them.
>> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
>> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
>> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sunny Regards,
>> Kirpal Khalsa
>> Oregon LRT#25
>> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
>> Oregon Solarworks LLC
>> www.oregonsolarworks.com 
>> 541-299-0402

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[RE-wrenches] Strategies for hurricane resistant solar arrays?

2016-10-13 Thread Darren Anderson 
In light of Hurricane Matthew and the loss of some of our PV systems on South 
Coast of Haiti (despite being designed for 120 - 150mph winds), I’d be 
interested to hear of any strategies being used for making hurricane-resistant 
solar arrays. The maximum wind speed that most commercially available racking 
systems seem to provide is 130 – 150mph, but in many cases it seems the racking 
survives okay anyway while the glass is blown right out of the module frames.

Are there any modules rated for higher than 2400 Pascals of wind loading (which 
seems to be the norm)? I recall seeing a Mitsubishi module a few years back 
that had an additional frame member running across the back of the module. 
Would that provide extra wind load protection?

Would using small solar modules with less surface area be a useful strategy? 
(We typically use standard 60-cell modules.)

Can some sort of wind break or shield be designed into the frame to take the 
wind load off the solar modules themselves? (Many of our systems are on 
tilt-frames on flat concrete roofs so that back of the array is exposed.)

Any thoughts/advice/experience in this area would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread jay 
while we are on the subject of recombining caps has anyone used the following.

http://www.sbsbattery.com/PDFs/Battery-Recombination-Plug.pdf 


Jay

peltz power
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:38 AM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote:
> 
> We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down
> on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every
> little bit helps.
> Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some. (860)828-6007
> 
> Daryl
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Top o' the morning!
>> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
>> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
>> where
>> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
>> seem to have them.
>> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
>> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
>> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sunny Regards,
>> Kirpal Khalsa
>> Oregon LRT#25
>> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
>> Oregon Solarworks LLC
>> www.oregonsolarworks.com
>> 541-299-0402
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread solarwks 
 Kirpal, my clients tell me they work to approximately double the battery
watering interval time. I buy them direct from Watermiser.

 Carl
 Hansen Elect.

On Thu, October 13, 2016 10:29 am, Kirpal Khalsa wrote:
> Top o' the morning!
> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
> where
> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
> seem to have them.
> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> Oregon LRT#25
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
> 541-299-0402
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Re: [RE-wrenches] GSLC work-arounds

2016-10-13 Thread Kevin Pegg 
Thanks.

I don't know exactly the reasons for the comm cable shielding, as that happened 
after my main involvement. I do know during initial product testing with the 
earliest firmware there was challenges with keeping Xanbus communication 
network stable in the noisy RF environments inverters live in. Subsequent 
firmware updates improved that dramatically.

Kevin

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf 
Of jay
Sent: October-12-16 5:34 PM
To: RE-wrenches 
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GSLC work-arounds

HI Kevin,

Many thanks.  The PDP is the best box out there.
Easy to work in.  Will handle 4 CC, 3 inverters.
And as many have requested it uses large Airpax breakers for the DC and QOU for 
the AC.

One question on that, what was the thinking about having to put the comm cable 
in the shielded trays?
No one else does that?

Thanks
jay
peltz power
On Oct 12, 2016, at 5:28 PM, Kevin Pegg 
> wrote:

I am a big fan of the Schneider XW system, and the XW Power Distribution Panel. 
Full disclosure - I helped design it. The original design was this tiny cramped 
thing and all of us in the design advisory team said 'make it big'. We 
generally go with external bypass assemblies for configurations more than 2 
inverters, using a more conventional manual transfer switch.

SMA deployments, when coupled with the Multi-Cluster enclosure and some sheet 
metal trays works quite well. I've not yet used Midnite's solution for SMA 
inverter installs.

Kevin

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf 
Of William Miller
Sent: October-12-16 10:37 AM
To: RE-wrenches 
>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GSLC work-arounds

Kevin:

I am curious, what brand would you prefer over the Radian that has wiring 
cabinet design that is “safe and easy to work on”?

I hope everyone understands I generally like the GSLC and the Radian line.  The 
Radian BOS available is superior to that of most other brands, the Sunny Island 
line, for example, which has no BOS at all.  With some intelligent design and a 
few tips and tricks, the Radian can make a very nice install.

William

PS:  I am increasingly excited to try the Midnite MNDC15.  Although it has the 
same problem with back-wired breakers, it allows one to move all PV disconnects 
to a point adjacent to the charge controllers.  This removes the last breaker 
froth GSLC other than the inverter breakers.

Wm


Lic 773985
millersolar.com
805-438-5600

From: RE-wrenches 
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]
 On Behalf Of Kevin Pegg
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 10:15 AM
To: RE-wrenches 
>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GSLC work-arounds

Thank you very much for sharing this. Reinforces my avoidance of the Outback 
Radian line. Given there are other products on the market that perform the same 
functions, with the added bonus of wiring cabinet design that is actually safe 
and easy to work on without many hrs of re-design work, I don't see any 
advantages to this product line.

Kevin

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf 
Of William Miller
Sent: October-11-16 2:07 PM
To: RE-wrenches 
>
Subject: [RE-wrenches] GSLC work-arounds

Friends:

We resolved our web authoring problem and threw together a little page to 
illustrate some of the issues we have with the GSLC.  If anyone is interested, 
direct your browser to:

http://www.millersolar.com/MillerSolar/case_studies/GSLC/GSLC.html

I hope the time and effort I put into these web pages is helpful to someone out 
there.  I always try to give back to the industry by sharing some of my trade 
secrets.

Sincerely,

William



Lic 773985
millersolar.com
805-438-5600

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Re: [RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread penobscotsolar 
We supply them to all our clients in the Bahamas and they do help cut down
on watering to various degrees. In hot climates with a lot of sun every
little bit helps.
Call Roy at RAE Storage Battery to see if he can get you some. (860)828-6007

Daryl




> Top o' the morning!
> Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
> batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas
> where
> to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
> seem to have them.
> We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
> resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
> electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> Oregon LRT#25
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
> 541-299-0402
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[RE-wrenches] Rolls Surrette Re-combiner caps.

2016-10-13 Thread Kirpal Khalsa 
Top o' the morning!
Has anyone used the Rolls Surrette recombiner caps for their series 4000
batteries? They come standard on the series 5000 batteries  Any ideas where
to source them? None of our battery suppliers we get Rolls batteries from
seem to have them.
We have used water miser caps in the past, they seem to have only moderate
resultssome customers seem to think they help with minimizing
electrolyte loss and some thinking they dont help at all.Any thoughts?



Sunny Regards,
Kirpal Khalsa
Oregon LRT#25
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
Oregon Solarworks LLC
www.oregonsolarworks.com
541-299-0402
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