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Subject:Free battery
From:Bill M
Date:Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:01:41 -0400

Speaking of batteries I have the main battery is my parts van. Works perfect and would be a waste to just recycle. Located in mystic,ct. I have a busy weekend but can meet you close by. 
Wife won't allow strangers at the house anymore since we got cleaned out. 

Bill

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On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:17 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I have had the 88ah UB12220 battery system. It worked GREAT for me for a
> year. Then I started having (unrelated) problems with my charge system. I
> took the charge system out isolating (and thus not charging) the house
> battery at all for about a month. In that time (with no load on it), it was
> determined that it really wasn't holding much of a charge. After another few
> months (in the car, now with the charge system back on it), it came to the
> point where they could no longer charge.... the batteries were internally
> dead (and blowing fuses that I have inline in the charge system, acting as a
> dead short). Now the battery bank sits at about 4volts each, and is
> officially "dead". Anyone want them?
> Free.
> 
> I'm putting in a Group 41 and just beating the heck out of it.
> It's cheap, they are easy to replace, and I have a spare.
> 
> 
> -Craig
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 20:07 -0600, Bob Stevens wrote:
>> 
>> [snip]
>>> Link to installed UB's:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/syncronaut/sets/72157617217103081/
>> 
>> Say -- how come your battery box and chair rails are pretty red? My
>> van's are boring black.
>> 
>> (grumble grumble)
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Rocky J Squirrel
>>

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