Ok, so I just got an ex-FBI surveillance van a couple weeks ago, and they had FOUR HUGE 12-volt deep cycle batteries.
I took them out (well, someone took them out for me) and I'm selling them because:
1. I am 5'2'' and I can't lift them without a lot of help.
2. 300 amp hours is way more than I need. (That's what the inverter said -- 300 amp hours)
3. The electrical system in the van was way too complex for me to figure out. I am going to just get a small renegy battery, and maybe a 100 watt solar panel.
The batteries are huge...75 pounds each. You will need 2 strong people to carry them, because my dad is 82 and can't lift them, and I'm a 5'2' female and can't help you lift them very far.(But we do have a dolly you can use to move them from the garage to your vehicle.
They look exactly like these 105AH batteries by NorthStar, except they are not blue and white. They are all white, and they do not have a NorthStar branding on them, so I don't think they are made by NorthStar. I think they must have been made by a government contractor, since they were in a government vehicle.
https://www.invertersupply.com/inde...QktcQJQCUctcafa9ERuNZmyHlrD0DF5hoC3-gQAvD_BwE
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]I don't know how old they are, but when we got them out of the van, we measured the charge with a voltmeter, and one of them had 9.5 volts, another had 8.4, another had 8.2 volts, and another had 8.1 volts[/font]
They were wired in series, one on top of each other, before I took them out. Here's a video of what they look like when they were wired together. (I made it before someone helped me figure out what kind of batteries they are.)
The batteries are $400 to 500 to begin with (depending on which website you buy them from...). I'm honestly not sure what I should sell them for.....so make me an offer.
I can only show them one of my days off (on a Sunday or Monday), since I live 20 minutes away from my parents and I'll have to be there.
I took them out (well, someone took them out for me) and I'm selling them because:
1. I am 5'2'' and I can't lift them without a lot of help.
2. 300 amp hours is way more than I need. (That's what the inverter said -- 300 amp hours)
3. The electrical system in the van was way too complex for me to figure out. I am going to just get a small renegy battery, and maybe a 100 watt solar panel.
The batteries are huge...75 pounds each. You will need 2 strong people to carry them, because my dad is 82 and can't lift them, and I'm a 5'2' female and can't help you lift them very far.(But we do have a dolly you can use to move them from the garage to your vehicle.
They look exactly like these 105AH batteries by NorthStar, except they are not blue and white. They are all white, and they do not have a NorthStar branding on them, so I don't think they are made by NorthStar. I think they must have been made by a government contractor, since they were in a government vehicle.
https://www.invertersupply.com/inde...QktcQJQCUctcafa9ERuNZmyHlrD0DF5hoC3-gQAvD_BwE
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]I don't know how old they are, but when we got them out of the van, we measured the charge with a voltmeter, and one of them had 9.5 volts, another had 8.4, another had 8.2 volts, and another had 8.1 volts[/font]
They were wired in series, one on top of each other, before I took them out. Here's a video of what they look like when they were wired together. (I made it before someone helped me figure out what kind of batteries they are.)
The batteries are $400 to 500 to begin with (depending on which website you buy them from...). I'm honestly not sure what I should sell them for.....so make me an offer.
I can only show them one of my days off (on a Sunday or Monday), since I live 20 minutes away from my parents and I'll have to be there.