SiO2, Lead Crystal, Soneil Batteries

Hi Perry,

The owner of the sanidumps uses SiO2 and has a review on his site.

BFL13 owns a pair for his truck camper.

I'll be getting 7.2 kwh's worth this summer--if travel is allowed.

2oldman wrote:
general discussion here

Thanks for your link, but I've read numerous discussions adnauseam, including the one you linked.

I'm looking for actual owners/users.

Thanks,

Perry

Yes, I have two SiO2 G27 100AH for a 200AH bank. Reports on my use in the link you read. Nothing new with Covid holding things up since. Is there a question?

pianotuna wrote:
Hi Perry,

The owner of the sanidumps uses SiO2 and has a review on his site.

BFL13 owns a pair for his truck camper.

I'll be getting 7.2 kwh's worth this summer--if travel is allowed.

Thanks for your input, unfortunately BFL13 does not allow PM's.

Enjoy,

Perry

BFL13 and any other SiO2 owners:

In January we purchased a pair of Soneil 260ah, 6v batteries from Azmuth Solar.

We currently have a single 170 watt solar panel on the roof of our camper going to a Victron 100/30 smart controller. We also have a 100 watt portable going to a Victron 100/20 controller. Both controllers are hooked up separately to our battery bank. All works well!

We also have a Victron BMV-712 battery monitor, that we purchased when our first set of Crown 6v AGM batteries failed. Two years later (January 2021) our second set failed, so we purchased the Soneil batteries from Azmuth.

For jollies, I'm trying to make a list of SiO2 owners, their setups, and any experiences they may contribute. I have no intentions of publicly listing anyone's name, unless it's OK'd by them.

I'm hoping you'll add to the list.

Thanks,

Perry

If there is some private question, I can PM you, but usually, it is possible to discuss batteries here no worries.

EDIT--ok now see above post. So what is the question? I tried AGMs for my scenario and they couldn't handle the high draws apparently, so I am trying these batts.

Won't know if that was a good move until we get to use them a bunch over the next year or two --assuming things get going again :(

..

PerryB67,

I look forward to hearing about your system.

PLEASE post a review in 6 months, OP.