Sonnenschein batteries

[The Maestro]

Has anyone any experience of these?

A friend has bought four GF6 Sonnenschein batteries, 2nd hand. They are 6volt, 240 ah.

[George94]

It's a moot point whether the performance justifies the price.

 

Your friend either got a very good deal or is a rich man. Correction, was a rich man.

 

The problem with this sort of thing is that we'll have to wait fifteen years to find out if they really are as good as they claim.

[dave.e]

700 cycles doesn't sound great for £290 per battery.

[Phil Ambrose]

It's a moot point whether the performance justifies the price.

 

Your friend either got a very good deal or is a rich man. Correction, was a rich man.

 

The problem with this sort of thing is that we'll have to wait fifteen years to find out if they really are as good as they claim.

Yes just as George says, I've often wondered about these batteries and do they represent good value. Luckily for me my pockets are not deep enough to find out.

Phil

[Arthur Brown]

The usual 'lectric post usually boils down to, "I haven't charged the batteries and now they are broken" however Blackrose's last thread was about a battery finally performing less than optimally at ten years old.

 

Everything with batteries depends on how well you treat them, or how well they were treated before your mate had them. Held on float properly, then ten years is a good life. Deeply cycled to dead flat, and being left flat or part charged will kill ANY battery in less than the optimal time.

Edited April 16, 2015 by Arthur Brown

[ditchcrawler]

Second Hand, I hope he got them for a good price and that they have been looked after.

[Keith M]

I had a very good experience with 4 x 12 configured as a 24-volt bank which I had installed

Lasted over 15 years and was still going about 1 year ago.

 

Keith