Re: [Electric Boats] any know anything about these batteries?

I run my house on 8 of those 420ah L16HC's, two 24v banks. A back killer
to move around for sure. Dekka and Trojan are good brands.

Steve Spence
Renewable energy and self sufficiency
http://www.green-trust.org
http://arduinotronics.blogspot.com/

On 11/26/2010 01:56 PM, Al Thomason wrote:
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> These are trade size L16 batteries - often called 'Floor Sweeper
> Batteries'. IMHO, a MUCH better buy then the common Golf Cart
> batteries. L16's are typically around 400Ah, but more importantly are a
> bit more robust and will deliver 50% or so more cycles then the golf
> cart batteries (~750 vs ~500 according to manufactures literature I have
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> They are around the same 'size', but about twice as tall as Golf Cart
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> IIRC, they tend to be around 115 to 125lbs each.
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