Re: Sheer's Fuel Cell Rant

["Ralph Merwin" <rmerwin@aracnet.com>]

"Jon \"Sheer\" Pullen" writes:
> 
> I appriciate that they are making a product. I also appriciate that some of
> their high pricing is because they have gotten screwed by GM (anyone else
> know that story?).  But I still find their attitude frustrating. When I
> talked to SAFT, it wasn't just a matter of warentee - they flat out would
> not sell me the batteries. 6 month lead time, and you gotta use our $3500
> charger or it's not a deal. It may be that the person who I spoke to was not
> fully informed - I later talked to someone there who was quite helpful, and
> quite willing to sell me batteries [it sounded like] no matter what charger
> I used. But that was after I had already sent the check to evercel.. ;-)

My own experience with SAFT was very positive.  They were quite willing
to sell me as many modules as I needed, and were willing to warranty them
after they saw my battery box design.  As it turned out, I got a lead on
a used pack the day before I was going to send them a check, so I never
actually bought directly from SAFT.

SAFT does not make a charger, nor do they reference one.  They leave that
up to the user.  They do have detailed charging specifications though, and
will probably not warranty a module charged improperly.

Ralph