recycling value may halve your costs if theyre no good, its a good risk probably. while youre picking them up you can probably jew some other stuff out of the guy
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point, if they have been stone dead and sitting outside all this time > they are scrap metal. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, January 30, 2017 11:18 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] batteries good deal? > > > So these are C&D brand AGM batteries? > > > > What have they been doing since 2014? Sitting on a pallet? Being float > charged? In service in said 3 Phase UPS? Depending on shipping cost, it > sounds like a remarkable deal, but not if they have been charged and > discharged for 2-3 years worth of power outages. > > > > I have bought new-old-stock AGM telecom batteries that sat on pallets for > 12 months, and they required almost no charging to bring them up to full > state of charge. (I think after a year from date of manufacturer they > can’t be sold as new anymore.) Flooded cell batteries would be a different > story if they were just sitting there discharging since 2014, they would > probably be totally discharged. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Zach Underwood > *Sent:* Monday, January 30, 2017 12:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] batteries good deal? > > > > I am planning a home solar setup and came across someone that is selling > the batteries from a 3 Phase UPS. There are 36x ups12-300mr(12v at 78AH) I > think that I could get the whole lot for ~$600. the batteries have a date > of manufacture of 2014. Is this a good deal. > > > > -- > > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > > advance-networking.com > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
