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Say goodbye to cheap electricity
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these are trojan 2 volt 1046ah wet cells
they are warrantied for 15 years
last even longer they say
you do have to water them ever 3 or 4 months but that's about it as far as maintenance goes
if you don't water them the plates will get destroyed and they won't last obviously
but if you water them they should last..
so far I've had them going 2 or 3 years and they are working fine
Quoting: ^TrInItY^ In my experience with solar wells, battery technology has been the limiting factor for solar... Curious, is your warranty on a depreciating scale or full replacement cost?!?!? Ours was a depreciating warranty, only covered about 1/10 of the replacement cost. Replaced batteries after about 3 to 4 years, twice, finally scraped the battery setup and just put in water storage. I admittedly don't have much experience with the new batteries and the indoor house setups... good question on the warranty I'm not sure on that were your batteries gel cells? like you never had to put water in them? those only last 3-5 years normally anyway Our warranty was a five year depreciating deal, they were nickle cadmium if I rememeber right, we checked the water on them about once a month. You have to realize, this was ten years ago, so I'm sure battery tech has come a long ways. I think the real problem with those batteries was these wells are way out in the country, so they're in outdoor battery boxes. And these boxes were insulated, but I think the temperature variation was hard on them over time. Indoor systems will have a much more constant temp, which will help battery life I'm sure. When we first put the solar wells in, the panel tech was moving fast, but the battery tech seemed to lag. That may have changed. I get along fine with just pumping during daylight, and water storage, so I haven't kept up with the battery tech as much... nickle cadmium is about where it was. No help for us there. Batteries suck basically. I think the luckiest user is the guy buyimg stove oil in a cold climate. If he burns that oil in an engine and captures the heat he gets his electrical generation cost down to a dime or less. It is called COGENERATION.
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