T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] battery source

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] battery source

I have no problem with US Battery and they DO give you a lot of options.

One of the things you want to do when setting up for golf batteries is that they are NOT all the same size. Some are a bit longer and the high-capacity ones are also taller. So make sure your battery box can handle the larger batteries, in the event you decide you want more power in the future.

--- On Tue, 11/23/10, GeorgeK <chesapeake410@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: GeorgeK <chesapeake410@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] battery source
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 6:29 AM

Hello,

You may want to check out US Battery company. They have many dealers and there batteries are sized similar to Trojan battery's with many gulf Cart size batteries. I have used US Batteries to replace Trojan in a electric car I had a few years ago.

http://www.usbattery.com/

Happy Boating,
George Kuck
Chestertown, Md.

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Myles Twete" <matwete@...> wrote:
>
> You might also find these golf buggy businesses willing to sell batteries that have been previously used at a great discount.
>
> Though their capacity may be 40-60% of original, if thatâ€™s enough for you, the savings can be great.
>
> My used T-105â€™s cost me $20 each. And as I get about 80ah out of these, the cost is about 4cents/watt-hr.
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> Thatâ€™s a savings in $/wh of about 4x over the cost of new batteries.
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> OTOH, they might only last me 3-5 more yearsâ€¦
>
> -mt
>