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Batteries up for grabs, cheap.
By Jon Miller, Section Classifieds Posted on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 09:00:06 PM MST
UK only sorry

Hi all
up for grabs again some more batteries:
same as the ones here http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2007/1/23/12435/7737
I now only have 8 left, make me an offer for them all. collection from Romney Marsh, Kent.
email me mrjam "nospam"@tesco.net
Thanks
Regards Jonathan

Batteries up for grabs, cheap. | 5 comments (5 topical)

Re: Batteries up for grabs, cheap. (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Muiller on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 03:20:29 PM MST

Dam it
Why couldnt you be in Ireland as i am looking for batteries :(
Oh well the search go on and on :)

Re: Batteries up for grabs, cheap. (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by Speo on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 05:56:26 PM MST

If he would have been in Ireland, I would have walk all the way from Romania to pick them up. They are so expensive here.

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Re: Batteries up for grabs, cheap. (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by whiskey on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 05:58:53 PM MST

I passed on a room full of VRLA batteries recently. They are not deep cycle and unsuited for RE use. The life of those batteries is an average of five years according to the manufacturer and if you try and use them as a deep cycle battery you will find the cycles available to you before they die is very low in comparison to a real deep cycle battery.

Those batteries are designed for standby use and I see them in cell phone and remote repeater sites all the time. They have the benefit to the telecoms people of having no maintenence. Getting them for free is ok, but it is buyer beware if someone wants to use VRLA's as a substitute for a deep cycle battery.

Muiller, I can get plenty 12v UPS batteries if you want them in the country. You take the chance on them working or otherwise, and it will only cost you labour for the trucking Co to pack and ship. They are not deep cycle either.

Whiskey

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Re: Batteries up for grabs, cheap. (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by Muiller on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 01:56:33 PM MST

Hi whiskey

Thanks for the offer
I might take you up on it as the turbine i have built is just going up where i am for a few years untill my own house is built and then i will be getting all new toys for going off-grid(I hope).
Can i ask where do you find batteries?
I am up here in Donegal and cant find any at all,i have one more place to look and that it.

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Re: Batteries up for grabs, cheap. (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by alibro on Thu Oct 11, 2007 at 03:14:51 PM MST

I have the name of a guy near Belfast, He deals in Batteries and takes in used ones. I am trying to get some old fork lift batteries from him at the moment which will be cheap (although probably not that good). If you are interested contact me. I also have a contact in a computer company which every so often replace their sla UPS batteries for a data center. They are around 90ah each at 12V, but I have been waiting now for several months for some. You might try contacting recycling centers in your area as that is where the computer batteries would normally go. They are all replaced as soon as one shows signs of a fault but most of them have lots of life left.

Good Luck
Alibro

PS 2nd try at raising my new (newly finished that is) turbine this weekend. Last effort resulted in an under rated winch starting to give up. Thankfully it all came down safely.

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