RedandSilver
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I was doing some battery maintenance adding distilled water and needed to loosen some cables to get the filler covers off.
When I was done adding water I tightened up the nuts and one of the posts broke.
The battery have a sticker say "Shipped Mar 08" so they are almost 10 years old.
I don't (at this time) do any real boondocking so I didn't feel a need to replace the batteries as they still worked.
I'm in Central FL now and wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations on where to buy batteries.
I don't want to drive my coach somewhere to get batteries exchanged and I only have motorcycles with me.
I could probably find someone to take me somewhere to get new ones.
Am I right to assume that it would be best to take the old batteries with me when I buy new ones, so they could dispose
of them and there be no core charge?
I'm thinking at this time the cheapest would be regular wet cell batteries - probably around $100 each.
Is Costco or Sam's Club OK or should I look elsewhere. I have to believe Camping World etc would be higher priced.
Is Amazon (or any online re-seller) out because of the high cost of shipping that much weight?
Are there battery stores - like Batteries Plus that sell just batteries that would be better?
I have found that many things in FL are higher priced compared to back home.
IF I couldn't find them for less than $100 COULD I remove 2 batteries from the setup (by unhooking the cables) and just use
one set of 6 volts to get me by until I get home?
And thoughts or ideas?
When I was done adding water I tightened up the nuts and one of the posts broke.
The battery have a sticker say "Shipped Mar 08" so they are almost 10 years old.
I don't (at this time) do any real boondocking so I didn't feel a need to replace the batteries as they still worked.
I'm in Central FL now and wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations on where to buy batteries.
I don't want to drive my coach somewhere to get batteries exchanged and I only have motorcycles with me.
I could probably find someone to take me somewhere to get new ones.
Am I right to assume that it would be best to take the old batteries with me when I buy new ones, so they could dispose
of them and there be no core charge?
I'm thinking at this time the cheapest would be regular wet cell batteries - probably around $100 each.
Is Costco or Sam's Club OK or should I look elsewhere. I have to believe Camping World etc would be higher priced.
Is Amazon (or any online re-seller) out because of the high cost of shipping that much weight?
Are there battery stores - like Batteries Plus that sell just batteries that would be better?
I have found that many things in FL are higher priced compared to back home.
IF I couldn't find them for less than $100 COULD I remove 2 batteries from the setup (by unhooking the cables) and just use
one set of 6 volts to get me by until I get home?
And thoughts or ideas?