I still stand by Trojan batteries, especially their 6V golf-cart batteries. I’ve put nothing but these in my boat (and others, including a massive house bank of twelve golf-cart batteries in a big cruiser — over 1300 amp-hours...) and they always perform well and last a very long time with a proper charging system.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI On Oct 1, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have 3 Scams Club deep cycle batteries, This is my 6th year and they are > still fine, but I think like you say I will replace next spring on general > principles. This year they (Sam's) say Duracell I think. But they are > probably still Johnson Control. Like someone said, weight is probably a key > element. Along with lead, of course. > > Regards, > > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick > Brass via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 11:22 PM > To: Wally Bryant; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Boat Batteries > > Wal, > > What you say is perfectly true, but... > > There are deminishingly few battery manufacturers in the US because of the > impacts of environmental and OSHA regulations. And for the past decade or so > Walmart batteries have been made by Globe Battery Div of Johnson Controls. > They also make batteries for Interstate, NAPA, and the Sears Die Hard, among > others. > > Walmart and Sam's Club offer very good pricing, the lowest in my area, and > good quality. The 115AH group 27 deep cycle batteries in my 38 were > installed in 2006 and are still going strong. ( the batteries in my 25 were > bought in 2003 and may need to be replaced soon on general principles) They > were rated at 25AH more than the 27 deep cycles from West Marine, and cost > less than half as much. Plus they had a 5 year warranty instead of 12 > months. > > My experience with deep cycle batteries from Walmart has been very good, and > I have no qualms about recommending them. > > Rick Brass > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Sep 30, 2014, at 20:04, Wally Bryant via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> And I don't want to sound cynical, but WalMart doesn't manufacture > anything. With the purchasing power that they have, they can dictate terms > to any supplier. And they do. The battery that you get from WalMart or > Sam's Club this year can be entirely different from the battery you'll get > next year. It might look the same and have the same label... >> >> Wal >> >> you wrote: >>> Consumer Reports rated the Walmart batteries very highly. >> >> >> -- >> s/v Stella Blue >> www.wbryant.com
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