[General] Free batteries

[Daniel Valdez]

FYI from my own personal experience trying to refurb a big 4 battery back up if you mix and match misc batteries you can end up damaging the good batteries in the mix. I know as I tried to go cheap and replace the two faulty batteries in mine instead of all 4 at once and the end result was 4 bad batteries :/

Don't let this sound as a "don't do it" and more of "experiment with caution" kinda thing. 

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On Jun 14, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Jake Polatty <ki4btj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure, not a problem.
> 
> However, let me reiterate that these were pulled from UPSs, so your mileage may vary.  They are probably fine, however.  Just be aware of this.
> 
> Jake
> 
> 
> On Jun 14, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Greg Brown <greg at clockworkmayhem.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have a large UPS I want to refurbish, could I get 4 of those?
>> 
>> -Greg
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Jake Polatty <ki4btj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have in my possession some 12 volt, 8 amp batteries that have been pulled from various UPSs, and I would like to get rid of them.  They are free to anyone who wants one.  Currently, I possess about 10 of them.
>>> 
>>> Please note: Some of them might be bad.  I've thrown some of them on my battery tender and they seem to be fine, but I cannot guarantee any of them.  However, at the low, low price of free, I don't think it will be a problem.
>>> 
>>> For those who are wondering what these batteries are specifically, the link below goes to an Amazon page for a similar battery to the ones I have.
>>> 
>>> http://www.amazon.com/WKA12-8F2-SLA-Battery-Genuine-Brand/dp/B005Q13BI6
>>> 
>>> I will be at the shop this Saturday for the LAN party.  If I have any left over I'll bring them with me Tuesday for anyone unable to make it Saturday.
>>> 
>>> -Jake
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