Battery prices

[edy252]

hi all...

i've been wondering how much would deep cycle batteries cost. anyone who knows their prices, could u plz reply to me?

all i know about battery prices is what my dad recently told me , that he bought a lead-acid battery (for his car) 70 Ah @ US $40....

thanks in advance

[weldingrodd]

I purchased a high amp hour rated Fishing motor battery (185 AH) .It cost $85.00 and weighed somewhere near 80 lbs.

I was at a friends shop and he had around 50 batteries that were "stand by backup" for a computer system. They change them yearly and they recharge them and sell them locally for $25 I think he said. These were also deep cycle. Check with SEARS for a current price...but the more storage the battery has the more money it costs.

[debequechute]

Ask around for "golf cart" batteries. They're deep-cycle and mass-produced, so cheapest per amp-hour and available nearly everywhere. I purchase 225Ah 6V units for $59 locally at Batteries Plus (batteriesplus.com to find a store.) You find will cheaper on-line, but the freight will kill the deal unless they have a local distributer.

[Opera House]

Like in baked goods, freshness counts.  I recently bought a 105AH deep cycle battery at SAM'S for $59.   Most of the batteries were over 6 months old from date of mfg.  They say after 3 months they start to sulfate and have lower capacity.  I crawled behind the rack and found one a month old.  I have a camp that I use only a few weeks a year.  My battery selection is based on what I can easily carry and use for other purposes the rest of the year.  Batteries need to be used or you won't get two years out of them.  Auto batteries are not designed to be discharged more than 5% because their plates will fall apart.

[edy252]

i guess that it's more than 5%, because i use an old auto battery in my home and it usually gets pretty much discharged and still works.

and i have read that the average for this type of batteries is 20%.