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Rec No. | Date | Loc From | Title | Loc To | Notes |
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6477 | 2023-11-13 | Tonzi Battery Bank Floor | Upgrade | Tonzi Battery Bank Floor | We removed four flooded batteries that came from the Tower. Two are probably still good. The other two seemed to be internally shorted. Four new group 27 AGM batteries were installed. |
5958 | 2022-08-25 | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | The four existing batteries have been dying as soon as it gets dark. These were replaced with the four good batteries from the Tower installed in a new action packer box. The solar panel wiring was also checked but no issues found. Three of the old batteries tested okay and were moved to the Soil CO2 system. The one old battery that tested weak with the load tester was returned for its lead. |
5943 | 2022-08-05 | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | This bank has been failing in the early morning. I disconnected all the batteries and they load tested okay. I added three gallons of DI to the four batteries. I shouted the south most to wiring them back up but they seemed okay. |
5352 | 2021-06-24 | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Added about 1.5 gallons of DI to the four batteries in total. No plates exposed. |
3817 | 2018-12-13 | Tonzi-Floor | Upgrade | Tonzi-Floor | Nine old G27 flooded batteries, a mixture of ages, were removed. Most tested bad. Two tested ok at first but weak later. They were replaced by four G31 flooded batteries wired in pairs for a 24V system. The panels and tower ends were also modified for 24V. |
3796 | 2018-10-29 | Tonzi-Floor | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor | One of the batteries in the battery bank seems to have an internal short and was sapping power. The bad battery was removed. Power started to be bad on October 20. |
2933 | 2017-07-12 | Tonzi-Floor | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor | The six batteries at the Floor site tested good. I added four batteries from the Tower BB that still tested good. |
2813 | 2017-06-01 | Tonzi-Floor | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor | I disconnected all seven batteries and load tested them. Three were very weak, two dipped a little under load but still in the green and two were rock solid. I replaced the three weak ones and the two that dipped under load with four batteries we brought from the old Twitchell Rice solar system. |
2318 | 2016-06-16 | Tonzi-Floor | Upgrade | Tonzi-Floor | Set aside on battery that exploded. Other three tested okay. Added four more that were last at East End. |
2005 | 2012-02-09 | Tonzi-Floor | Replaced | Tonzi-Floor | I swapped out seven batteries with dates from June to December 2007 and replaced them with six new batteries with dates from January to February 2012. |
2334 | 2005-11-30 | Tonzi-Floor | Maintenance | Tonzi-Floor | The two auxiliary solar panel were connected to the system for winter. |
4930 | 2003-12-19 | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Upgrade | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Removed four batteries from the floor system and install eoght new Excide NC27 95Ahr batteries. Treated all terminals with antiseize compound. The four batteries removed will be used at Vaira. |
4817 | 2002-01-23 | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Upgrade | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Added two new deep cycle batteries the to existing two batteries |
4891 | 2001-01-03 | Lab none | Installed | Tonzi-Floor Battery Bank | Initial installation with four solar panels and three deep cycle batteries. |