| 6v battery check [message #98714] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 06:53  |
petemosss
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I have a Craigs Lister with 4) two year old 6v exide batteries for $100. that came from Sams. Very tempting for this broke restorer. How can I check without buying battery tester?
Pete
74 Canyon Lands 26' "Emery"
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| Re: [GMCnet] 6v battery check [message #98729 is a reply to message #98717] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 09:38  |
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mike miller
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| comcast wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 05:00 |
Load em up and take to an auto parts store. AutoZone, Advance, etc.,
will check them for you probably without you having to take them inside.
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Better yet, have the seller meet you at the Auto parts store with them. (Pick one close to him.) The condition being, you buy them if they pass inspection.
Odds are, if he knows they are good, he will do it.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
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| Re: 6v battery check [message #98731 is a reply to message #98714] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 10:34 |
JohnL455
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Have the guy charge them first so the are "test ready".
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: 6v battery check [message #98734 is a reply to message #98714] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 10:47 |
idrob
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| petemosss wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 04:53 |
I have a Craigs Lister with 4) two year old 6v exide batteries for $100. that came from Sams. Very tempting for this broke restorer. How can I check without buying battery tester?
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New ones at Sams or Costco are generally less than $80. Life, if treated well is about 6 to 8 years, so these are 1/3 to 1/4 "worn out", possibly worse if they have not been kept charged well and not over discharged. I don't think they are any special bargain.
"Testing" batteries is difficult at best. Voltage tells little other than the state of charge. Capacity is sometimes checked with a load test, but again, not very definitive. In short, there is no real way to know the true condition of these batteries.
Just my thoughts and opinions. Now if the pair was $50, go for it. Core charges these days run $7-9 each.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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| Re: [GMCnet] 6v battery check [message #98737 is a reply to message #98714] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 10:50 |
powerjon
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New 6Volt form sams are only bout $70.
JR Wright
On Sep 6, 2010, at 7:53 AM, pete wrote:
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> I have a Craigs Lister with 4) two year old 6v exide batteries for
> $100. that came from Sams. Very tempting for this broke restorer.
> How can I check without buying battery tester?
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> Pete
> 74 Canyon Lands 26' "Emery"
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| Re: [GMCnet] 6v battery check [message #98739 is a reply to message #98734] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 11:00 |
Tim Conway
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On Sep 6, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Rob Allen wrote:
> petemosss wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 04:53
>> I have a Craigs Lister with 4) two year old 6v exide batteries for
>> $100. that came from Sams. Very tempting for this broke restorer.
>> How can I check without buying battery tester?
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> Now if the pair was $50, go for it.
4 for $100, Rob...
Tim Conway
LI NY 78 PB
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