BILL BAUER wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
> If you're trying to put something together,  there are options.  I'd
> offer some of what I have here,  but shipping alone would be a bit of a
> bear,  and these aren't new so I don't know how well they'd do you.
> Couple of different configurations here,  we could kick this around a bit
> if you're into it.  The units I have are 33 AH,  typical rating also for
> the U-1's.
 BB> I have 2 of those 
Which,  the U-1 or something else?  What I've got here is 12V only by the 
fact that they're a pair of 6v units strapped together and held together by 
the sticky labels on them.  Most of the 33 AH units are "side-by-side" which 
gives a roughly square configuration,  but a couple of them are "end-to-end".
Single 6v units of this type are what I'm playing with in the emergency 
lights,  BTW.
 BB> which are totally sealed lead acid variety. They aren't going 
 BB> to spill any acid and seem to be pretty nearly new. At least 
 BB> they look that way whether they are or not.
These look pretty new as well,  and the reason I ended up with them is 
because "they were sitting on the shelf too long".  I've only found one that 
was at all discharged,  and it seemed to want to take a charge,  going from 
an initial reading of around 10 volts up to normal levels over several days 
with a slow charge of a little under half an amp or so.
I believe they're not new,  the 10 AH units near me each have a little 
sticker on the top sayind "X2/94" which leads me to believe that they're 
dated in 1994.  Not a problem for me!
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