[PSUBS-MAILIST] Battery boxes

[k6fee at yahoo.com]

Joe,

Glad I can help. Be sure to go to the shop where they do the cart maintanence and talk to the guy in charge, not the front desk. Find out what their battery supplier is giving them for these "core" batteries and offer a few bucks more. Lead is a valuable commodity in the battery world. With cart batteries selling for $100+ dollars new, even at $40 each, it's a bargan.

It really steams me that any time you mention RV or marine the price tripples or more. Seems everyone thinks just because you own a boat your rich! As everyone here knows, that's far from the truth.

Keith

Joe Perkel <josephperkel at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Never in my wildest imagination would I have thought to do that.
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>That is quite the helpful tip.
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>Thanks Keith!
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>Joe
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>On Dec 20, 2013, at 12:32 AM, k6fee at yahoo.com wrote:
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>> West marine charges 2-3 times the going rate for their batteries. I never buy batteries there. If your after inexpensive flooded batteries head to your loval golf course and see if you can get some used cart batteries. Most are removed from service long before the end of their useful life. I got 8 for $20 each 5 yrs ago for my boat and they are still going strong. Just bring a carbon pile load tester to be sure you get the good ones.
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>> Keith
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>> Joe Perkel <josephperkel at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> Hank,<br/><br/>I will look at those batteries, anything compact deserves attention. I also like Gamma's box keel, but too much to take on as you say.<br/><br/>Joe<a href="http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad</a>
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