Re: [EVDL] NEV/Golfcart EV numbers needed, low cost GC batts

[Roland via EV]

   
I purchase the last set of GC batteries from Interstate back in 2007, but they 
came from the US Battery Company.  Interstate only sells there stock up to the 
220 ah. Higher than 220 ah, they purchase them from US Battery.  

 

I found this out when I went to the Auto Parts Store where they sell the 
Interstate batteries.  The Interstate battery truck was at the store and I ask 
him about the 250 ah GC batteries.  He said they get them from the US Battery 
Company.  The driver is also the owner of the local distributer. 

 

He quoted me a price of about $100.00 per battery or about $3000.00 for thirty 
of them, delivered right to my home.  I kept the old batteries which I could 
have got $20.00 core charge.  Used them to replace the 30 Trojan batteries that 
we where using in a cabin in the mountains that ran a inverter for 10 years 
that was also use in the EV for 8.5 years. 

 

The US Batteries also ran my EV to Oct 2014 which was about 7.5 years which was 
purchase April 2007. 

 

One thing that I specified, was that I wanted the batteries to be pre match and 
same manufacturer date.  The Interstate guy, said he orders several hundred 
pallet loads at a time, and come to his shop and I can pre-match them my self 
with the instruments and testers they have.  

 

After going through 180 batteries, I found thirty that all read 6.44 volts at 
rest  after apply a starting load.

 

Roland   

 

 


- Original Message - 

From: jerry freedomev via EV<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> 

To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> 

Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 11:03 AM

Subject: [EVDL] NEV/Golfcart EV numbers needed, low cost GC batts



Hi All, Anyone know where to find the data on US NEV, golfcart, etc low speed 
EV's on the road? Off the road?John V at GCR reports wants them for an article 
asked me.On GC battery deals lately I've found good prices at most car parts 
store chains where you can ask your own price.On brands I've found 
Deka/EastPenn or Johnson Controls that makes house brands like Duralast.I 
generally buy GC at $70 or so for 60lb ones at AutoZone, Discount Auto, etc and 
$80 for the 70lb DC 12vdc ones with cores.
Jerry Dycus
  
-- next part --
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 
<http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150530/7e379af7/attachment.htm<http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150530/7e379af7/attachment.htm>>
___
UNSUBSCRIBE: 
http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub>
http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org>
For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/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/20150530/022e9002/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)

[EVDL] NEV/Golfcart EV numbers needed, low cost GC batts

[jerry freedomev via EV]

Hi All,   Anyone know where to find the data on US NEV, golfcart, etc low 
speed EV's on the road?  Off the road?John V at  GCR reports wants them for an 
article asked me.On  GC battery deals lately I've found good prices at most car 
parts store chains where you can ask your own price.On brands I've found 
Deka/EastPenn  or Johnson Controls that makes house brands like Duralast.I 
generally buy GC at $70 or so for 60lb ones at AutoZone, Discount Auto, etc and 
$80 for the 70lb DC 12vdc ones with cores.
   Jerry Dycus
  
-- next part --
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

___
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)