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10-28-2020, 09:45 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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Interstate batteries - good experience?
Anyone out there have a good experience with Interstate 8-volt batteries? Looking to get GC8 HCL-UTL's.
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10-28-2020, 10:12 AM | #2 |
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
The battery listed has a 170 ah capacity. That's good. Not the most but certainly adequate.
Interstate batteries are made by Johnson Controls in Mexico. Some good batteries have come out of Mexico. Satisfaction matters greatly upon use and care rather than name brand. Make sure you have a battery meter on the cart to avoid abuse. I think Interstate will stand behind the batteries they sell. |
10-28-2020, 10:28 AM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Florida
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
May not be relevant any more, or too golf cart batteries, but I will throw out that years ago, mid 2000s, when I was a mechanic we carried Interstates for about 3 years and got so tired of the failures/returns on them we switched to Powertrons. That shop still sells Powertrons.
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10-28-2020, 10:35 AM | #4 |
Happy Carting
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Location: Southern California
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
Doesn't Trojan make Powertrons? It's hard to keep track...I forget who bought Trojan a few years ago.
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10-28-2020, 10:56 AM | #5 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Peachtree City, Ga.
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
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A local independent golf cart shop had a similar experience with Interstates a few years ago as mentioned in a previous post #3. Doesn't carry them now. FWIW |
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10-28-2020, 04:59 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Richmond,Virginia
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
I just picked up a set of Trojan 8 volt batteries today and they have the Date stamped on the negative post. I have seen some Trojan batteries in carts that did not have the date stamped on them so not sure what is going on with them.
On the Interstate batteries. I have a set of 12 volts in my DS that are 2004 still going. Going to run them through the winter (if I can) replace in the spring. |
10-28-2020, 05:35 PM | #7 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Alameda, CA
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
No idea if applicable still... but I have (3) marine deep cycle Interstate batteries in my boat, and they are unstoppable! Going on 6+ years, and they run the huge sound system all day without a hicup, and still it started and take me home. When they die, I'll be replacing with the same for sure.
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10-28-2020, 11:31 PM | #8 | |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: The Redneck Riviera
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
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In the mid 80s mid 90s we carried Interstate Batteries at my Boat Shop, they were fine, never an issue, in the mid 2000s after a career change away from turning wrenches, I put a pair in my F-250, they didn't last much more than a year, I had to drive 170 miles round trip to get a refund from the Interstate Distributor, nobody in my area carries Interstate anymore, nobody. |
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10-29-2020, 01:08 AM | #9 |
Gone Insane
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Richmond, VA
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Re: Interstate batteries - good experience?
I have had good service from Interstate golf cart batteries.
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