By contrast, my Trojan T105 golf cart batteries run around $150.00 each; a pair 
of them has twice the amp-hour capacity at 12 volts as a single Group 31.  I’m 
on my seventh year with them, and they’re still performing well.

Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI   :^(

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 12:37 PM, Charles Nelson via CnC-List 
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 
> A few years ago I replaced my batteries with Northstar? 31. They were rated 
> very high, we’re the heaviest #31s (lots of lead) and they claim to use only 
> ‘virgin’ lead, not recycled lead, which they claim lasts longer. Came with a 
> 2 or 3 year full replacement warranty with the remaining 3 or 2 years out to 
> 5 years prorated. Expensive (~$300 each) but still going after almost 3 years.
> I mostly club race so I can’t speak to cruising use. They are only on a 
> charger for a few hours before a race and have never purposely been drawn 
> down significantly.
> YMMV
> Charlie Nelson
> 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
> Water Phantom

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