Used cart batteries - are they worth using?

[Matrix1000]

I have the opportunity to get 6, 6 volt Trojan 105's from the local cart shop guy for $8 a piece. He said they were made in 2000 and the customer got new ones, not because they were dead but because the cart run time was diminishing. He said he could test them to make sure none were 'bad'.

Are these worth the time/investment?

Do you think they could be revived or cleaned up to make them worth using?

If they are what would be the easiest thing I could do to 'fix em up a bit'.

Thanks

[BT Humble]

I have the opportunity to get 6, 6 volt Trojan 105's from the local cart shop guy for $8 a piece. He said they were made in 2000 and the customer got new ones, not because they were dead but because the cart run time was diminishing. He said he could test them to make sure none were 'bad'.

Are these worth the time/investment?

That depands - is $48 a big percentage of your weekly income?  Personally I'd probably give them a try, since a new 12V 75Ah battery costs about USD$105 here (Australia).  

Maintenance-wise, just top up the water to the correct level and give them a good charge.  If they've been in constant use they shouldn't have gotten sulphated, and if they have then a few people here have experience with the battery desulphator chargers.

BTH

[ghurd]

I agree.

Less than the cost of 1. I doubt they are that bad.

Might just need equalized and desulfated.

G-

[nothing to lose]

I would grab them!

[MtnTopRebel]

I have used cart and fork lift batteries for the last 15 years here on the mtn... Charging 'm as I type.  I like em... I have tryed various other systems and have had the best service from them... presently I am using the 8volt trojans in a combo series parallel of 24v 3 series by 5 parallel...  

I would test them with a hydrometer and watch for ded cells or cells that are more than mildly lower than the rest. but mine are older than 2000.

[whatsnext]

$8/each is the scrap value of those batteries. If they have lost 10 or 20 percent of their capacity you would still have pretty good batteries, about the same as new T-605's. Golf cart batteries are worthless if you can only play 16 holes so what 'good' means to a golfer is not the same as what 'good' means to you.

John.......