Battery and charge controller advise before commisioning.

[ClassicCrazy]

I am trusting my battery supplier who has been in the industry for a long time and thinks these will be good. He said they are used all over Africa .  I needed to get some batteries soon and these were in stock so that factored into my decision too.

These are the ones I have
http://soneil.com/product/advance-technology-battery/
http://soneil.com/advantages/
Not sure how unbiased this following chart is - they only claim up to 12 year lifespan for them but also say only 2 to 3 year for flooded. Maybe under worst conditions ?
http://soneil.com/performance/

attached is spec sheet for 540 ah cells

Larry