Re: house batteries Reply #20 – May 17, 2014, 12:34:39 pm I had a funny encounter with batteries yesterday. Decided to swing by a Pacific Power store to see what's what with 8D's these days, since I haven't had to buy any such thing in several years. The sales guy started off showing me their top of the line, 800 buck battery and as he put a hand on it to find the pricetag, it moved. My eyes got real big and before I could stop myself I said "holy cow" and grabbed onto it. it weighed like 4 pounds. I stared at the guy and he's lookin at me like "what's the big deal?" i took a second and said waaaaaait a minute here, this has gotta be a sales prop, right? He laughed out loud... Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #21 – May 19, 2014, 08:18:58 pm I put 3 8D lead acid batteries in in 2010 from Battery Outfitters for $230 each. Just cleaned and replaced terminal ends with military grade ends., Sprayed down with protector. No Problems what so ever. Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #22 – May 25, 2014, 01:37:39 pm Quote from: Tom7 – May 16, 2014, 06:53:17 amThanks for all the comments. We decided to go with 2 Deka gel 8D's and if we need the third we will put it in. Thanks TomTom - I just saw this. Be sure the installer (or you) sets the Prosine 2500 up correctly (assuming that's your inverter/charger) for the now-different battery capacity. Manual in the Files section on the forum Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #23 – May 25, 2014, 11:37:25 pm Further research on the current state of the 8D supply led me to discover that yes Martha, there is such a thing as a lithium ion 8D. I won't mention the price. You wouldn't believe me anyhow. Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #24 – May 26, 2014, 07:39:46 am Liberty uses them, well actually one big battery. Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #25 – May 26, 2014, 08:20:07 am Jay, just think 3 of them and you could run your AC for 8 hours! But of course that's a lot of paid camp sites and a lot of diesel - My Dad always said: Do the math Son Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #26 – May 26, 2014, 09:23:45 am Thanks Michelle, I did set the Prosine 2500 to our batteries. Tom Quote Selected
Re: house batteries Reply #27 – May 26, 2014, 12:32:37 pm Quote from: twobus – May 25, 2014, 11:37:25 pmFurther research on the current state of the 8D supply led me to discover that yes Martha, there is such a thing as a lithium ion 8D. I won't mention the price. You wouldn't believe me anyhow.$6-8k I remember Quote Selected
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