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Sam's Club 6 volt batteries - good or bad?
On Nov 10, 8:41 pm, Larry wrote:
wrote : They look similar to Trojan T-105's - are they better, worse, same as? They are about $65 or so. 210 AH. ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com- *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- Oh, how awful! No, no, NO! That will never do! You must always buy the most expensive battery you can find from the most exclusive boat chandler within 100 nautical miles for your boat. Noone in their right mind would ever buy anything for their yacht except:http://www.rollsbattery.com/ orhttp://www.lifelinebatteries.com/ orhttp://www.optimabatteries.com/home.php Everybody knows only batteries costing thousands should be professionally installed by only the finest battery experts in your Bayliner. SARCASM OFF. 210AH isn't much power because you should only discharge them down 105AH before recharging. But, if that's enough power, or you have room for many banks of these, they're fine....... ....but, for God's sake, NEVER let anyone at the marina know you bought them at WalMart! I finally decided I cannot afford the cheap stuff from Wal Mart or Harbor Freight. Most of it is all Chinese made and is so bad that you spend so much time returning it you lose money compared to something slightly more expensive and US made. Sure, they exchange their batteries when they go bad but how often do you want to lug a battery from your car into Wal Mart and go through the exchange process, 3 times in a year seemed excessive to me. This weekend, I was using a Harbor Freight pair of slip joint pliers and they simply broke, now I gotta go to Sears and buy the good ones that dont break like I shoulda in the first place. Every so often you might get something from Harbor Freight in the way of expendable tools, like some TiN coated drills for next to nothing. Hell, I expect to break and lose them so they are ok However, most of their stuff is pure junk. I warn you, do not buy outlet strips made in China. One ended up costing me $60,000 when a cold solder joint caused the whole thing to get too hot and started a fire. I was almost sick when I saw what the fire investigator showed me on the Chinese outlet strip. I run an X-ray spectroscopy company. One of my employees had a son with one of those Thomas Train toys from China, we checked the paint, it was pure lead oxide, you coulda used it for radiation shielding. |
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Sam's Club 6 volt batteries - good or bad?
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:24:29 +0000, Larry wrote:
wrote in news:5b5053a2-afd4-4f53-99b1-6018d23ee065 : I finally decided I cannot afford the cheap stuff from Wal Mart or Harbor Freight. Er, ah, Johnson Controls makes batteries for Walmart's Everstart brand. Yuasa makes the small lead acid batteries, on of the best battery companies on the planet. Big batteries are too heavy to ship from Asia, so they contract Johnson Controls to make them. Johnson Controls is the biggest lead-acid battery manufacturer left in the USA. Like all manufacturers, Johnson can make batteries to attain any price point specified. Walmart tells them what they want to pay for a battery, and Johnson supplies it. The best way to compare the quality of flooded lead acid deep cycle batteries is to weigh them. There are other minor things that do make a difference, but weight is by far the most important factor. Weigh a Lifeline group 27, a Rolls goup 27, and a Walmart group 27 and see if there is a difference. There is a reason that Walmart batteries lose capacity so quickly. |
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Sam's Club 6 volt batteries - good or bad?
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:24:29 +0000, Larry wrote:
Big batteries are too heavy to ship from Asia, so they contract Johnson Controls to make them. Johnson Controls is the biggest lead-acid battery manufacturer left in the USA. Heavy compared to a 40 000 container? Casady |
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Sam's Club 6 volt batteries - good or bad?
On 2008-11-10 23:28:49 -0500, said:
This weekend, I was using a Harbor Freight pair of slip joint pliers and they simply broke, now I gotta go to Sears and buy the good ones that dont break like I shoulda in the first place. That's the truth. I've had okay success with the cheap batteries, but our needs are very low and solar keeps them up nicely during the season. (not so good these days on the Chesapeake.) [DAMN, it went from pretty nice Saturday but little wind to near-winter nearly overnight! Finally gave up waiting for comfortable sailing weather and came home. The 50 degree highs wouldn't be too bad, but 15-25 reported by our notoriously-stingy reporting station would seem like work. Tonight's forecast was for frost a bit west of us. No fun.] -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Sam's Club 6 volt batteries - good or bad?
On 2008-11-11 11:31:19 -0500, Gogarty said:
I have also decided that premium batteries (Rolls, et al) are just not worth the money. Mine (a pair of 4Ds and a Group 30) lasted exactly four years -- the warranty period. Considering their cost compared to, say, Exides of the same size but one third or less the price, I can afford to run the commercial units and replace them after four years. Having gotten 5 years from the cheapies, I suggest you might review your battery regimen. I have yet to destroy a battery in =4 years. Am currently figuring out how long a better (not premium) battery will last. At 3 years, it's going real strong, but I also added solar a bit earlier so will have to compare it to the Walmart cheapie it's along-side of. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Sam's Club 6 volt batteries - good or bad?
On Nov 11, 9:06 pm, Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-11-11 11:31:19 -0500, Gogarty said: I have also decided that premium batteries (Rolls, et al) are just not worth the money. Mine (a pair of 4Ds and a Group 30) lasted exactly four years -- the warranty period. Considering their cost compared to, say, Exides of the same size but one third or less the price, I can afford to run the commercial units and replace them after four years. Having gotten 5 years from the cheapies, I suggest you might review your battery regimen. I have yet to destroy a battery in =4 years. Am currently figuring out how long a better (not premium) battery will last. At 3 years, it's going real strong, but I also added solar a bit earlier so will have to compare it to the Walmart cheapie it's along-side of. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages:http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips:http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ The remarks about weight are interesting because although I am a lot older than years ago, the batteries sure seem lighter and dont last as long. I have read that power tools sold by Wal Mart are of lower quality but cannot verify that. After building several boats, I have just about decided that power tools are expendable items. Right now, my major gripe is with VHF radios that break very quickly. For that matter, all my electronic things do that, even my Garmin GPS. |
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