T&T: Energy 1 Batteries

[Jeff Barfett]

Dave,
I would be one p*ssed off Jose over this one. My thoughts tend to gyrate to
suing the distributor in small claims court - good for $5K in most courts.
Do you have written documentation on the original warranty, notes about the
factory sending you to the distributor - it's only been a little of two
years. 

Well worth your time in my eyes.

Jeff
Southern Nights.




I recommend that you do not use these batteries.  I installed a bank of 6 
batteries when we com

I originally purchased the batteries from a local distributor based on a 
recommendation from the customer service people at the Northstar factory. 
When I called Northstar last month to ask why the bank failed they wouldn't 
talk to me and told me I had to call some guy named Harris at Engines1.  I 
called him and he initially said he would help, but never called back.  When

I pressed him he said that I had purchased them from an unauthorized dealer 
so no warranty (the dealer the factory recommended).   The dealer I 
purchased the batteries from also called the factory and was told no 
warranty. The worst part is that now I've built a complex set of battery 
boxes and some big /expensive busses to support this non-standard battery 
size and I'll need to rip it all out to support a standard 4D or 8D battery.


Dave Bullis
Facing West
47 Deferver RPH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arild Jensen" <elnav@telus.net>
To: "Dave Bullis" <davebullis@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: Energy 1 Batteries


>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Bullis
>
>> Try to determine if these are batteries manufactured by Northstar and
>> marketed to the marine market by Engines1.  If they are I can
>> give you a lot of date on them (I'm replacing a 1200hr bank that is only 
>> 2
> years
>> old).  To be fair they may not be the same battery, but the marketing
>> sounds the same.
>>
>> Dave Bullis
>
>
> REPLY
> Hi Dave, yes these are the same. I am interested in hearing what your
> typical cycling is like.
> These and most other AGM are rated for 500 complete cycles. How deeply did
> you discharge them each cycle?
> What kind of charging system did you use? and what was the average time
> between discharge and recharge?
> What brand of charger was used and what were the parameter settings?
>
> I did some preliminary testing for capacity but I have not been able ot
> accumulate long term usage data  as yet.
>
> regards
> Arild
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