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After a little digging - It looks like they are DEKA pro master GC10's. Which is not a bad battery. On teh small side, but larger then the original's. If there was a way of getting them fresh at that price, i think i would. > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:20:49 -0500 > From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net> > To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > Subject: Re: (ET) Deal on batteries > Message-ID: <4D744101 24239 7EC069 etpost drmm net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > elec-trak cosmos phy.tufts.eduOn 7 Mar 2011 at 0:37, David Plamondon wrote: > > > Any guess as to what they might be? > > IIRC, every battery has a manufacturer's code stamped into the plastic > somewhere. Or it might be a bar code. Or that might be the date. My > memory's hazy on this, and I can't find the reference I was sure I > bookmarked. :-( > > A fairly diligent web search might turn up a list of manufacturers and their > codes. There are hundreds of them worldwide, many of those in China. > > I'd guess that the "100 75" means a reserve capacity of 100 minutes at 75 > amps. That's a bit low. Typical today for a standard golf car battery is > 115 min at 75 amps. Typical weight is around 63lb, so yours have a little > less lead and hence a little less capacity. > > The fact that they've been sitting round the store for a long time isn't a > good sign. When you consider that ET batteries usually last 7-10 years and > you look at the monthly amortized cost of a better quality battery, these > may not be as much of a bargain as they seem, especially if some of their > calendar life is already gone from sitting. > > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to the "etpost" address will not reach me. To send > me a private message, please use the address shown at the bottom > of this page : http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Elec-trak mailing list > Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/elec-trak > > > End of Elec-trak Digest, Vol 9, Issue 56 > **************************************** |