Well the perfect storm of weather, bad luck and my mistakes may have trashed my 4 1/2 year old Trojan L16RE-A batteries at our off grid vacation place in Montana. I'm 1,200 miles away and couldn't get up to our place even if I was close. Snow is deep and my panels are covered. The earliest I see getting any charging from my CC is two days from now and that's assuming the snow melts off my panels. The most they are going to get this time of year from my 2.6kw array is 30 amps for a couple hours. The closest neighbors were going to clear the snow off my panels for me but they are snowed in. Even their tracked Polaris Ranger is stuck.
I'm not scheduled to be at our place until March 8th. I could drive up there as early as Sunday but fear it won't make any difference whether I get them charged and equalized five days from now or a month from now. I'm assuming they are already trashed. I'm really upset about this.
My only real hope is that the Trojan "Smart Carbon" paste in my batteries actually makes a real difference with partial state of charge. Good chance it's just marketing gimmicks though.
Looking to hear from you off grid guys who have gone through something similar and your outcome (good or bad). I'm really upset about this so please no Sunking type BS. I know I made mistakes and will learn from them. Just hoping to salvage my $3,000 battery bank. I have two good hydrometers and I know how to use them.
Equipment listed below as well as stand alone chargers I have. My inverter is capable of charging at 110 amps.
Thanks.
Trojan L16RE-A 325ah (one string of eight)
Conext XW5548 inverter
Conext MPPT 60 150 CC
Conext Combox
Conext SCP
Conext Battery Monitor
Bogart Trimetric Battery Monitor
MEP-802A diesel 5kw genset
Yamaha 1600 inverter genset
25a manual 12v charger
10a manual 6v/12v charger
Lester Summit II 1050 48v charger
I'm not scheduled to be at our place until March 8th. I could drive up there as early as Sunday but fear it won't make any difference whether I get them charged and equalized five days from now or a month from now. I'm assuming they are already trashed. I'm really upset about this.
My only real hope is that the Trojan "Smart Carbon" paste in my batteries actually makes a real difference with partial state of charge. Good chance it's just marketing gimmicks though.
Looking to hear from you off grid guys who have gone through something similar and your outcome (good or bad). I'm really upset about this so please no Sunking type BS. I know I made mistakes and will learn from them. Just hoping to salvage my $3,000 battery bank. I have two good hydrometers and I know how to use them.
Equipment listed below as well as stand alone chargers I have. My inverter is capable of charging at 110 amps.
Thanks.
Trojan L16RE-A 325ah (one string of eight)
Conext XW5548 inverter
Conext MPPT 60 150 CC
Conext Combox
Conext SCP
Conext Battery Monitor
Bogart Trimetric Battery Monitor
MEP-802A diesel 5kw genset
Yamaha 1600 inverter genset
25a manual 12v charger
10a manual 6v/12v charger
Lester Summit II 1050 48v charger
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