[tcb] Re: Batteries (again)
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:05:13 -0500
Bah!
Brian Denning wrote:
> coffee from a perculator tastes much better
>
> > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:42:15 -0500
> > From: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Batteries (again)
> >
> > Come on people step up!
> > You know you need one.
> > Coffee in the morning from a real live coffee maker.
> > You can even run a small microwave oven on one.
> >
> > Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> >> OK, these are bigger than the orange ones.
> >>
> >> 134 amp hour at the 20 hour rate, 122 amp hour at the 10 hour rate.
> >>
> >> The orange batteries were rated at 92 amp hour but I don't remember if
> >> it was at the 10 or 20 hour rate.
> >>
> >> These sell for $350 - $475 from discount retailers --- plus shipping
> >> for a 100 lb battery so add another $50 - $75 for ground shipping to
> >> that price.
> >>
> >> They are a 10 year constant cycle design that should last 15+ years
> >> only being cycled a handful of times per year. This batch is
> >> manufacture dated 2004 and newer and they were pulled from service in
> >> late 2007/early 2008. Once again, these were used in
> >> telecommunications as backup batteries and were probably only cycled
> >> once or twice during their online life. All of them are tested prior
> >> to shipping them to me.
> >>
> >> I've been putting money back to buy more batteries -- but, here's the
> >> catch, I can only afford 7 or 8 of these to put in the UPS's here at
> >> the office. This is a warehouse pallet sale and they MUST be purchased
> >> in lots of 16.
> >>
> >> I have to pre-sell at least 8 of these at $275 each then max out my
> >> credit card (putting money back means not running the card up <grin>).
> >> Shipping to TCB buyers will have to be by TCB express.
> >>
> >> If I can sell 7 I can probably eat the extra $275 for a while if
> >> there's a late buyer, or, knowing me, I'll end up finding a use for
> >> the extra.
> >>
> >> The ones I sell have to be prepaid sales. I just don't have the cash
> >> or credit to be an entrepreneur on this one.
> >>
> >> Anyone interested let me know. If there is enough interest we'll start
> >> figuring out how to get the money into my bank account.
> >>
> >> These are, of course, on a first come basis by my contact so depending
> >> on who else he's talking to these could be gone tomorrow, or still in
> >> the warehouse in a month. Speed would be a good idea though.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Gerald
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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