| Renewable Energy systems such as solar or wind | | | | uses. |
| have a few drawbacks and that comes in the form | | | | So.... Instead of buying a large bank of these |
| of storage of the energy for use when the wind isn't | | | | batteries at $250 a pop you should hunt around local |
| blowing, and you have some cloudy days in a row | | | | golf cart maintenance shops, forklift repair shops, and |
| where solar energy output will be minimal. | | | | more for finding these deep-cycle gems. :) |
| When you are not generating energy you either use | | | | Most of the time the batteries themselves are not in |
| it from your grid-tied system, or you potentially have | | | | horrible condition beyond repair, some easy work |
| a battery bank of batteries that you charge for | | | | they can be fixed up to practically new without much |
| these times. Deep cycle batteries are not cheap at all | | | | cost at all. One simple method of repair is for using |
| and some of the batteries that are created solely for | | | | EDTA in the electrolytic fluid in each cell that doesn't |
| the use of renewable energy can cost of upwards of | | | | pass the test of a standard electrolytic hydrometer. |
| $250 per battery! | | | | Although some battery types are sealed most are |
| So what can you do about this? Well there are a | | | | recoverable with this technique. EDTA stands for |
| couple of things that you can do, especially if you | | | | ethylene diamine tetra acetic, and can be purchased |
| make the right people contacts in just about any | | | | on the internet rather easily. If you see people selling |
| town you live in. This is where opportunity lies for | | | | you "special" battery reconditioning mixtures this is |
| getting some nice batteries on the cheap. | | | | what the main ingredient is. |
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| RV's, Off-road ATV's, Golf Carts, ForkLifts, and just | | | | information about battery reconditioning methods and |
| about any application. One of the largest | | | | see them in action. You can save yourself lots of |
| manufacturer of these batteries is a company named | | | | money on your solar pv or wind turbine system by |
| Trojan Battery company and the batteries they have | | | | using this method. If you already know how repair |
| are great for renewable energy sources. They even | | | | battery cells then you probably have all of the |
| happen to have a ine dedicated specifically for RE | | | | information that you need. |