There is a local guy selling excellent used pulled C&D 135AH UPS batteries.
They are 6 years old, which may sound like a lot but these are 20 year design
lifetime AGM batteries.  Roughly $500 new.  These will go deeper than a regular
deep cycle or last more cycles if treated like a regular deep cycle,  Your
choice.

I picked one up from the lot and it was at 12.79 resting voltage after about 10
days off charge.  If you know batteries you know that is excellent.  It's been
on my solar system for 2 days now paralleled with another C&D 67AH from the
same series.  That one is 9 years old and still acts like new.  The pair is
performing really well so far.

If anyone is close and interested here's the Craig's List link.  Talk to him a
bit, he'll take less than the listed price.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/bfs/3254427986.html

If you get this it will only fit in the passenger side of the space under the
Vanagon bench seat.  The 67AH fits well in the driver's side space under the
seat.  Together they are just over 150 pounds.  This project caused some
rearrangement of things and made me actually get rid of some stuff that had
lived under the seat for the last 13 years.

I'm thinking of removing the heater from under the seat to gain more space as I
never use it.  Anyone have experience pulling it?

tom

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
taring@taring.org

What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth?  Judging from realistic
simulations
involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can
assume it will
be pretty bad.
                - Dave Barry
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