T&T: Amazing battery prices

[Ron Rogers]

Although it doesn't solve your problem completing your lead-acid bank, you 
can get 6V AGM batteries from Defender (and probably others) for that price 
and less. Keep shopping.

Ron Rogers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Dubnoff" <sdubnoff at circlesys.com>


|I have to replace one out of eight L-16's.  I am glad I am not
| replacing the set.  Apparently China is buying up all of the lead and
| driving the prices of batteries sky-high (The price has roughly
| tripled in a year.)  I was quoted a price of 460 bucks for one
| battery! (Trojan L16H from the local distributor).
|
| Knowing that solar suppliers operate in a parallel pricing universe,
| I  called one and asked for another quote.  They quoted me 360 for
| the same battery, FOB the first supplier's loading dock.  Moral of
| the story 1) baby your batteries -- they are valuable and 2) shop
| around when you need to buy new ones.