6v batteries from Costco (or somewhere else)
Hey all. I am travelling to Pittsburgh for my sons Ball tourney. While there I want to pick up two 6v batteries for my Travel trailer (since they are a fraction of the cost in Canada). Does anyone h...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
True value is only established when you divide the number of kWh conducted into the retail price at time of battery failure. In effect "who declares length and number of vacations and full 50% DOD discharges?" And yet there is a further part. The CEF. Charge efficiency factor. The amount of energy (gasoline) needed to recharge a depleted battery.
Many people have a distorted sense of economy -- like driving all the way across town to save ten cents per gallon of gasoline.
Money is money and auditing the true value of a battery purchase is fraught with peril if only one of the components is shown (distortion).
Again I will state this: WHY OH WHY DO MOST GOLF COURSES INSIST ON TROJAN BATTERIES?
Are they spendthrift? Are they stupid? Do they get a fantastic discount that makes their T105 purchases cheaper than running down to a club warehouse? Does Trojan bribe them with free batteries for their personal cars?
May I suggest a reality check and a harder search than just calling one vendor?
Mex, I highly respect your opinion, BUT..
Not ALL golf courses "insist" on Trojans.
In spite of the fact that most golfers have no objection to dumping a hundred $ or better on one round of golf, many golf courses operate on a shoestring budget that simply is not going to afford expensive batteries..
I grew up with a golf course in my parents back yard, was a private club for many years, fell on hard times and to attract more business they opened it to the public for nearly 15 yrs.. Recently a couple of yrs ago, the original private share membership finally sold their interest to a another exclusive club membership and went private once again..
The course eventually closed down after a couple of yrs and now is nothing more than grown up weeds.. I go by it nearly every day.
GREED.
My parents neighbor when I was growing up was at one time a fantastic golfer even did well on some pro tours back in the 50's and 60's.. He had his back yard setup with putting green and even a shooting range.
He used to have me help him go get broken golf carts so he could fix them for the golf course in the 1970s.
The golf course wasn't willing to pay for golf cart dealers to fix their stuff..
