I was looking around on http://www.solarray.com/ when I stumbled upon the batteries page of their online catalog. At the bottom was this:
**NOTE **
The price of lead is climbing every day. From 8/1/07 to 8/20/07 it has gone up 25%. Please email support@solarray.com for current prices.
Id heard something in passing somewhere else in the past, but could not remember the specifics. A quick search on google news brought up this article from http://www.ndtvprofit.com :
Nisha Poddar
Friday, September....
Do It Yourself Solar
