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Folks always ask about batteries used in alternate energy systems and how long they last.
We are in process of changing out 20 of our 24 L16 batteries in our bank. 4 batteries were swapped out last summer- they were from 2013.
The 20 we are replacing are all mostly marked 2014 and a few may be older than that. They are not all "dead" but many are failing and it was a good time financially for us to change out the whole bank.
We've been using L16's since the late 90's. I can't remember ever paying less than $200. a battery. Mostly I remember ranges of $250-275. at least. We got this new batch at $302.95 per battery. Given the current inflation craziness and continuing price increases on everything, I felt like it was a decent price.
We have been cleaning light corrosion off of battery cables a couple times a year while doing normal PMs on the batteries. I figured almost 22 years was enough and decided I would change out all the battery interconnects this go around also.
Talking with a customer buying a PVS14, he mentioned doing solar installs out West. He mentioned this product called "Deoxit D5" that can be used on battery connections. We will try that this go around also.
We are in process of changing out 20 of our 24 L16 batteries in our bank. 4 batteries were swapped out last summer- they were from 2013.
The 20 we are replacing are all mostly marked 2014 and a few may be older than that. They are not all "dead" but many are failing and it was a good time financially for us to change out the whole bank.
We've been using L16's since the late 90's. I can't remember ever paying less than $200. a battery. Mostly I remember ranges of $250-275. at least. We got this new batch at $302.95 per battery. Given the current inflation craziness and continuing price increases on everything, I felt like it was a decent price.
We have been cleaning light corrosion off of battery cables a couple times a year while doing normal PMs on the batteries. I figured almost 22 years was enough and decided I would change out all the battery interconnects this go around also.
Talking with a customer buying a PVS14, he mentioned doing solar installs out West. He mentioned this product called "Deoxit D5" that can be used on battery connections. We will try that this go around also.
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