Freight on these SLA's can be an issue. Sometimes it pays just to buy
the battery in a store.

A bit OT, but depending on where you use the battery, it sometimes
helps to install rubber feet on the bottom IF you will have the battery
sitting on cold cement. I do this for outdoor applications.

bpnjensen wrote:
Look at some of those battery powered toy cars and battery powered two
wheelers in the stores.The kind meant for kids to ride around the yard
on.Check the information on the batteries and the battery chargers for
those batteries.Sometimes,thrift stores and yard sales have second hand

battery powered kids cars and battery powered two wheelers.I see them
every once in a while at the Goodwill store near me.I have no idea how
much those gel cell batteries cost or how long gel cell batteries are
suppose to last,I have never used them before.
cuhulin

The sites I checked seemed to have quality gel cells in about the right
size (I think) for my application - 12v, 18 or higher amp-hours -
starting at around $20 to $40, not bad at all. Chargers are all over
the place, from a 1-amp charger at 6 to 20 bucks up to 100-amp chargers
(overkill, I'd bet) for silly sums of money.

My kid has a toy motorcycle powered by a gel cell, now that I think of
it - requires about 2 hours charge for 1/2 hour use before it gets too
weak to be useful. The charger is probably near a trickle compared
with the optimal output of the battery, but I will check - thank for
the idea!

Bruce Jensen