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what sort of price are new batteries for inverters and what are the best brands....mine dont seem to last that long in a black-out (8 TWO YRS OLD EXCELL)
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/63786-inverter-batteries.htmlwhat sort of price are new batteries for inverters and what are the best brands....mine dont seem to last that long in a black-out (8 TWO YRS OLD EXCELL)
The set up and/or a cheap locally made inverter that does not stage the charging properly, nor maintain the proper trickle charge.Battery Viagara is available from Freddy MultiService in Sosua, on the right side when coming from Cabarete before about one block before you reach the Playero Supermarket.
I personally have not had luck with batteries lasting longer than 2 years even using the purest EDTA available.
Set up of your inverter may also be shortening the life of the batteries. Charging too fast for the size of the battery bank or discharging them often and especially discharges below 20% will greatly reduce their life time. Two years has been the norm for me using Record/Trojan and Trace batteries. Recently I installed Energy Power batteries. At this time we have power on for longer times, so we will probably get longer service life out of the batteries if that continues.
Other than Freddy's premixed solution, I don't think so, but if you don't need much, I may be able to spare you some of mine.We have read the EDTA "cure" with interest but note that this thread is now quite old. Is there a more local supplier in the Sosua/ Cabarete/ Sabaneta area now?
Maybe nothing.We have 2 5kw Unesf inverters which were brand new in January. I cannot find any reference to equalising them in the instructions (doesn't help that the instructions are totally in Spanish!!). They run 12 and 8 batteries respectively (some just over a year old and some less than a year old) but we don't seem to be able to sustain more than 6 hours outage of street power - what do you think we may be doing wrong?
Excellent info, Jon.I have as a spare Inverter, an Electrosistemas Fonduer, Unsef Model 3524. It is an older model, 3 years old, but I have found that it only charges to ~27.2 V vs the Trace DR3624 that charges my battery bank to 29+V before going to float. I understand that the Dominican Inverter really does not get the batteries charged fully (perhaps only to 85% charge), therefore my batteries do not last as long when using the Dominican Inverter. It does not matter what the charge rate is I set for the Dominican Inverter, it still goes to float at 27.2 V.
It is a very unfortunate thing, that once in a blue moon, someone will buy a Dominican inverter that does not break down frequently, as is fairly adequate for his needs, then that person thinks that the sales pitch he got, saying that it was as good as a Trace/Xantrex, is true, and then goes on to recommend those cheap piece of shyte units.As SJ says Unesf is Dominican, built in Sto. Domingo and manufactured for ESF (Electo Sistemas Fonuer, S.A.) Electrosistemas Fondeur S. A. We do have an ampmeter so will check.... Was recommended as a good replacement for our old Trace inverters but take the point that probably not as efficient which is reflected in the initial lower cost. We live and learn. Thanks for the offer of translation Rocky, will bring the manual down when we are nearby next - can't do it yet as not enough Chinola!!!
2 12v hooked parallel, or 4 six volt in series?
All things being equal and assuming you meant 2 X 12V in parallel compared to 2 pairs of 6V bats in series to each other, with both pairs paralleled, then the second option is twice as good.which is best using 2 of the deep cycle 6volt batterys for just one of the deep cycle 12 volt batterys for your inverters. seems like most people are using the 6 volts. Just wondering why?
This would be for a 1.5 kilo 12 volt invertor
2 12v hooked parallel, or 4 six volt in series?
novice inverter buyer
... then the second option is twice as good.
which is best using 2 of the deep cycle 6volt batterys for just one of the deep cycle 12 volt batterys for your inverters. seems like most people are using the 6 volts. Just wondering why?
This would be for a 1.5 kilo 12 volt invertor
2 12v hooked parallel, or 4 six volt in series?
novice inverter buyer