charl Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi guys. I am going to be buying a new battery bank. 24v. I'm looking to spend around 20k on this bank. I'm looking for batteries that will give me the most bang for buck. I can get 8 trojan t105re for around that price. Does anyone have any other suggestions. My other option is 4 narada 12NDT200. But I can not find what the life span of these would be in daily cycles. Considering I would be cycling them ever day Any suggestions would help. Sent from my C6833 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 2 hours ago, charl said: narada 12NDT200 It's not better than the T105RE. In fact, I was expecting better, but when I found the datasheet (on this forum nogal) it seems they do about half the cycles on 50% ?DoD compared to the Trojan. http://powerforum.co.za/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=781 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charl Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Ya. From what I've read is the naradas are back up batteries. And not ment for daily cycles. So I've kinda decided of trojans over narada. Is there anything better than the trojans for my price range Sent from my C6833 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 8 Trojans will cost about R20k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 5 hours ago, charl said: Is there anything better than the trojans for my price range Last year I was in contact with a guy called Jan Vlok who refurbishes batteries (mostly forklift batteries) as well as import batteries. The batteries he sells is called "Eternity Technologies" and the specs looked impressive. Forklift batteries I think they were, they were rated 550Ah at C5 and had cycle lifes of 3000 at 50% or something like that... can't remember exactly. Now last year I was looking at around 32k for a 24V bank of that Ah rating. Guaranteed this has changed significantly... however, won't hurt to ask. His email is [email protected]. Found him through an ad in the Landbou Weekblad :-) He also advertises a lot on OLX. Don't know the guy at all, but his prices were the only ones that could beat the Trojans at the time. Failing that (a nice set of 2V cells), I'd probably go with the Trojans too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 A good place to look for equipment... nothing on there at the moment, but you never know :-) http://smalls.landbou.com/ Chris Hobson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPPpretoria Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Hi, I would personally go for 200Ah AGM Lead Acid as they have a long life expectancy or a Gel 150Ah,200ah or 250Ah as they have a 15 yr life cycle but are better in cooler enviroments (25 degree cel) my fav are the gels. AGM has a higher temperature handle rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 You could also kook at the US 2200xc2 very similar to the T105 and for a bit larger capacity look at the US 145. When I got my bank these had excellent bang for buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Here is another good option http://www.abcbatteries.co.za/product/discover-215ah-deep-cycle-solar R5650 for 215aH and 2500 cycles @ 50% DOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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