| Greetings, I have chance to pick up 16 used Rolls Surette S-460 bats. They were used for 4 years as backup batteries and were kept on float the whole time. Never cycled!!!
I would like to present you guys the facts of what I know, and then get your thoughts on if this is a decent deal or if i should run away as fast as possible.
They have not been charged since June of last year. :( So the voltage reading off of a random three is at a miserable 4.1. I understand that at 5.95 a 6 volt batter is at 0% charge...
(based on this chart: http://www.ccis.com/home/mnemeth/12volt/voltchart2.gif )
... so I am feeling that these bats have been discharged to a point where they will never perform at 100% or possibly even moderately good service.
The guy is asking $180 per and is local enough I can get them. Because of the state of charge I told him they may never recover and he is placing them on a charger over the weekend to see what they come up to.
So presuming we have no idea of how they were cared for (water wise) but they were store at FLOAT for several years, do you think this is a decent deal of should I just buy new ones and take the price hit.
Other facts: Yes I am low on cash, so a deal would be nice right now. Thus the temptation.
The bats will be used as my primary power source on my off grid home.
No, I will not be sucked in to the GOOD DEAL buying frenzy as long as I have this board to keep me in check. :)
Anything else that would be helpful?
As always, thanks for your time folks!! Love this board!!!!
- Steve
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