Bit of a sad day here, boxed up some of my dearest friends, unfortunately it comes to all of us at some time.
They are of course batteries that have served me well and are now to be recycled, 71 of the original 104 Fanure X 650 amp H batteries palatalized and ready for the next stage of their life.
I took guardianship of these friends back in late 2001 or early 2002, in their previous life they were connected as a 220v bank to provide emergency oil pumps to four Parsons 60 MW steam turbines, sized to supply those eight pumps for 30 minuets after which they would be flat, but long enough to bring the turbine to rest, then the fun would have begun but not going there.
They were retired because on some batteries one of the two pole posts were broken through the lead going spongy with age, now at something around 800 amps this is important but not at my draw. So I was permitted to "salvage" them for the princely sum of $20 OZ. So they were duly carted home and arranged in 8 banks @ 24 Volts to serve me very well for 9 odd years, making them over 20 years old now, I still have 33 in service or on standby, but as the plates expanded and caused the plastic casings to split it became a marathon to keep up with repairs.
I have put aside funds for a new bank but I am sure I can squeeze another six months out of the remaining batteries.
some of the early failures
First 24 ready
Four pallets ready
The whole battery shed has become an acid cesspoo
This dozy supervisor had his tail run over by the fork lift.
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