for the record a few years ago I bought a bunch of T105s for a golf
cart at a price of around $50 each... for that difference I would
definitely get the Trojans. this may not be correct any more as I know
trojan raised their prices recently (about a week after I bought my 20
T145s for my S10! whew!)
Seth
On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 09:52 PM, Jim Coate wrote:
> Chuck Alldrin wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking to replace my 24 S-10 batteries. The price of $40.00 for
>> the Champion/Exide batteries seems very good.(1 yr. replacement
>> warranty).
>>
>> I've checked US Battery but they don't deliver in Chico.
>>
>> ...But..... how good are they?
>
> When I first got my S-10, the T-145's were near gone (3-4 years on
> them), so after a few months I put in a pack of 20 Sam's club
> batteries.
> Obvious problems are you are stuck with the infamous "universal"
> terminal, and the batteries don't have the little eyelet's to hook a
> handle into (which comes back to bite you when you want to remove the
> batteries). After a few weeks also became obvious the caps were poorly
> made and resulted in acid puddles on the case.
>
> They certainly didn't match the previous owners claims for the range he
> got on the T-145's, but a T-105 would be a more fair comparison so hard
> to say. They lasted me about 15 months (with 6 replaced under warranty)
> but I don't know how much of that was the batteries and my murdering my
> first pack as apparently is tradition. However, the better batteries
> pulled out from the set are now in my brother's elec-trac and doing
> well, as are a few I have in my elec-trac.
>
>
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> Jim Coate
> 1992 Chevy S10
> 1970's Elec-Trak
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