-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I had Sams Club batteries in my S10 EV (20 of them) for my first pack. They were Energizer EGC2 batteries. (The cost was around $1700 5-6 years ago.)
They lasted 2 years with good service, and I eked out another 3/4 of a year with reduced range/capacity before replacing them. (686 charge cycles total.) You can read more about it here: http://www.summet.com/blog/2013/11/24/electric-pickup-truck-cost-of-ownership/ And here: http://www.summet.com/blog/2013/07/26/electric-truck-battery-pack-status-report/ I don't think that I badly mistreated them, but I didn't baby them either. I have replaced them with Interstate GC batteries for my 2nd pack (cost of ~ $2200, and so far I haven't seen anything that makes me think the Interstate batteries are going to last a lot longer than the Sams club batteries did. [I have already had to replace one that was way under-performing the rest of the pack, but luckily I had a spare of about the same age as the pack ready to go as part of my home UPS...] So is the extra $500 for a "name brand" source worth it? Perhaps....I'll know for sure in a year. For me, it was worth it, because the Interstate dealer is about 2 miles from my house, while the nearest Sams club that sells GC batteries is outside of the range of my electric pickup. When you only need six of them, I'd say drive to Sams club and get them, at least for your first pack. Just make sure that all six batteries are "matched" (have the same date code stamped into the plastic, and measure very close to the same voltage.) Jay On 05/30/2015 01:56 AM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote: > Hi again, > > Now trying to help select batteries for the ComutaCar. I used > Trojan T105s when I had it and the new owner is looking for the > same since they are still in it but need to be replaced. One of > our local EV gurus suggested money could be saved by using some > from Sam's Club where they can be purchased for under $90.00. > Please offer opinions, but not to upgrade to lithium. That would > be overkill for a C-Car. I have not bought batteries for so long I > am not up on what is considered the best of the lead-acid for this > purpose. > > Thank you for any information or experience you can provide related > to what I am sure most of you consider old technology. > > Gail > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: > http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing > discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlVpuPQACgkQSWJjSgPNbM9V1gCeK4eRzqOvReu6REATkjosfvxe kC0AnApGYzfk+oFhrztuUsq8izyv/ku0 =feuq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
