Hi Lee and All, Most all auto parts stores now bargain big time especially when you want 10-24 batteries!! Like you I'm getting mine around $75-80 for 60-66lb traction batteries core exchange. Buyers need to be sure they are buying the right deep cycle traction batteries for EV's like golf cart ones and check which brand/model that actually makes it for quality and use. And insist on they all come from the same batch and check to make sure and tell them you'll not accept them if not. They have batch codes on them to tell. This is very important for a long trouble free pack life by starting the same and aging the same, keeps them well balanced. This allows people everywhere in the US to get the prices once only available in big cities or golf cart states like Fla, Cal, progress.! Jerry Dycus
On Thursday, October 10, 2013 4:12 AM, Lee Hart <[email protected]> wrote: Rick Beebe wrote: > I have a 144-volt 1998 Ford Ranger that I'm converting from lead to > lithium. 18 months ago the 24 Interstate 6-volt batteries in it cost > just over $3400. That's $140 per battery. This seems quite high for Interstate, which is not a premium battery. Most dealers will "make a deal" when you are buying that many batteries. Otherwise, just walk. There's no sense in paying full premium price for a purchase this large. I guess I'm cheap. :-) I bought my current set of golf cart batteries from Sam's Club for $77 per battery. I see they want $84 today, but I'll bet they'll come down to $80 or less for a quantity purchase. Prior to this pack, I bought a set of 22 US Battery US-145xc for $135 each. -- There are few industries with more BS than the battery industry. Elon Musk -- Lee A. Hart, http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131010/ebd00430/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
