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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