gazznsam
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Anyone know of any places i can get 500 amp hours worth of 12 volt batteries from for a decent price.
my last battery bank was made up of delphi freedom batteries, 4 of em at 115 AH each, they were very cheap (£30 each brand new) but i've since found out the modern delphi batteries arent what they used to be (Delphi batteries was bought out a few years ago, new company is using their name on differnet batteries), they are now intended to be backup/ups type batteries, i.e. on a constiant float charge and 2 or 3 discharges a year, hence i have been lucky to get the life out of them i have giving them heavy discharges every few days.
Idealy i want a couple of large 250 AH batteries, but will go for more smaller batteries to get my 500 AH bank if i have to (fewer larger cells are much better for heavy loads.. like the 150 amps my central vacuum pulls)
im in the midlands, but can travel to get a good priced set of batteries.
my last battery bank was made up of delphi freedom batteries, 4 of em at 115 AH each, they were very cheap (£30 each brand new) but i've since found out the modern delphi batteries arent what they used to be (Delphi batteries was bought out a few years ago, new company is using their name on differnet batteries), they are now intended to be backup/ups type batteries, i.e. on a constiant float charge and 2 or 3 discharges a year, hence i have been lucky to get the life out of them i have giving them heavy discharges every few days.
Idealy i want a couple of large 250 AH batteries, but will go for more smaller batteries to get my 500 AH bank if i have to (fewer larger cells are much better for heavy loads.. like the 150 amps my central vacuum pulls)
im in the midlands, but can travel to get a good priced set of batteries.