Battery price increases [RE-wrenches]

[Warren Lauzon]

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Lead prices are up 700% or more since 2002, and I see no end in sight for at 
least this year. late this year some new large Lead mines are supposed to 
start producing.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Raynes" <john at raynes.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: Battery price increases [RE-wrenches]


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> Kelly,
>
> Absolutely.  Ditto to what you said for us.  In Utah we're finding that 
> Trojan is by far the worst with the lack of committment to a daily price. 
> So much so that we're having difficulty even supplying T-105s anymore, 
> having already abandoned the L-16s for other options.  Not that we're 
> happy with the options, but Trojan has literally begged us (by their 
> actions of late) to stop using their battiers.  Besides Trojan, prices are 
> going up across the board, flooded and sealed.  Seems as if everyone has 
> an Aug 1st price increase scheduled.
>
> Note to all Wrenches:  Make sure that you call your distrib immediately 
> before you offer any price to a customer, at least for the foreseeable 
> future.  If you have any quotes out their more than 10-14 days old, you'll 
> need to warn your prospects about likely price increases.
>
> Batteries were already enough of a problem as it was.  Sigh.
>
> John Raynes
> RE Solar
> Torrey UT
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>
> At 11:57 AM 7/24/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>
> Wrenches,
>
> Is anyone else finding huge sudden increases in lead-acid battery prices? 
> It is my understanding that the price of lead has jumped dramatically in 
> the last month, and will continue to go up.  My distributer is reporting 
> that battery manufacturers are hesitantly giving quotes good for only 24 
> hours.  Any comments?
>
> Kelly Larson
> Mendocino County, Ca
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