Alternative Power sources - HUP Solar One vs. Hawker PV1 vs. Surrette Battery

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HUP Solar One vs. Hawker PV1 vs. Surrette Battery

gberry

2006-12-19, 3:25 am

I need to replace my dead home offgrid L-16 battery bank with something
bigger, better and longer lasting. I need a 48 volt 1100 Ah system. I
am willing to put up the capital for good batteries in return for
quality. Seems like I should be able to do it for under 9K.

In my research so far I think that I have found the better batteries.
I need some help evaluating between what seems to be the top 3. Seems
like the price is pretty close, but I'm not sure about who has the edge
on performance, durability and everything else that matters.

In addition are the HUP and the Hawker batteries the same battery just
different name? I have seen the same model # used interchangebly.

All distinguishing comments are appreciated.

2006-12-21, 9:25 am

gberry wrote:
> I need to replace my dead home offgrid L-16 battery bank with something
> bigger, better and longer lasting. I need a 48 volt 1100 Ah system. I
> am willing to put up the capital for good batteries in return for
> quality. Seems like I should be able to do it for under 9K.

I would think alot less than that, even for sixteen ~500AH 6v L16s.

> In my research so far I think that I have found the better batteries.
> I need some help evaluating between what seems to be the top 3. Seems
> like the price is pretty close, but I'm not sure about who has the edge
> on performance, durability and everything else that matters.

Personally, I usually install either Surrettes or EastPenns, the later
being very popular in the "relabeling" world, ie, sold very often as a
distributors' inhouse battery.

> In addition are the HUP and the Hawker batteries the same battery just
> different name? I have seen the same model # used interchangebly.

Then probably, yeah.

DJ

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