mscamping wrote: Tommy, you haven't priced AGM's lately have you?? There going up faster than wet cell's are.. I priced from Lifeline and it was around $300 each on sale, normally around $425, about two months ago.. I don't mind checking the wet cell batteries for the differance.. Just our take on it..
Mike..
No, I had not, Mike. Just called a place on Shelter Island for grins...glad my Trojan's are not in trouble..
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BASSMAN50 wrote: Check with your local golf cart shop, I found them to be a lot cheaper than anywhere else, due to they buy skids of them at a time.
T-105 at a golf cart place $95.00 with exchange. I check about a month ago.
I'd love to find that place! My local golf cart shop, from which I bought my cart, batteries and all supplies, carries them for $130 right now. You might want to check your place again and if they still sell them for under $100, buy a bunch and then resell them for $125!
I have use Sam's Club 6volts for 3 years now, NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM. JMO
RET ARMY , DW Donna , "Tiny" (furkid) . Class A, 2007 Fleetwood Bounder 35E, Ford Chassis, 4 SAMS 6VOLTS, YAMAHA 2400, TOW: Honda CRV. "Living Our Dream". NASCAR FAN 11,14,18,20 LOVE CO & NM
To all who've replied,
Thanks for all your comments. It's apparent that I'm not the only one who thinks they've gone through the roof. Yes, they are a good battery but, at what price do you crest at "Good"? I know, I know, when you're out in the outback, you want good battery power. Well, it appears there's some good replacements out there. Costco, Sam's Club, and others. There comes a point in time when I have to venture out and maybe make a change.
I'll look into Costco and see what they have to offer. I didn't know they had 6 volters. I've used their 12V "Deep Cycle Marine" in the past and had poor luck with them holding charges for anywhere near what they claimed it would so, I've shied away from Costco until now. I'll also check with some local golf cart shops and see what they have to offer. Phone calls are cheap.
Eric, thanks for the tip, I'll check with them and see.
As for letting them go below 50%, they pretty much never are able to do that. It's plugged in about 95% of the time while at home. And, while camping, I've got a 135 watt portable Solar unit that's coupled with a charge-controller that amplifies the charge. So, even when we use the house batts to the extreme the night before, by noon the next day, they're at almost 100%. I check the water all the time and only once in a while, have to add any.
As for the bulging, the original set that I replaced with the present set had bulging too. I'll look into my converter to see what the charge rate is at while sitting at home. Last time I looked, it was around 12.7-12.9 so, I thought that was fine. Gentlemen, thanks again for your help here. As usual, it's a great place for information.
Scott
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My $49 Sam's Club 6V golf cart batteries, purchased in 2001 are still running our cart daily, 7 days a week and hold their charge just as long as they did 8 years ago. I refuse to pay the 100% premium for the name Trojan to be printed on the side of the battery. The OEM Interstate batteries in our MH are 4 years old and are still going strong and hold a charge very well. Again, I will refuse to pay Trojan the extra to have their name on my batteries, when these do need to be replaced.
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If Trojans bulge and spring a leak, do you get little trojans that will grow up and help power the load while boondocking. If so, I am going to put a tray under mine to catch em.
FIRE UP wrote: Gang,
When we bought our present coach, a '99 Bounder 34V, the original house batteries were loosing some zip. So off to the local battery shop that sold Trojans.(Batteries that is) I picked up two Trojan T-105 6V deep cycle batts for, $57.00 ea. That was 7-4-04. Well, they're bulging and not holding a good charge like they did when they were new so
The $40 Sam's batteries I bough at about the same time work just fine thank you very much.
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