Jack do you have an Ah meter, or battery monitor? That sounds like well over 1000$ investment in batteries. You can accidentally kill any battery bank in a short span if you don’t know what’s coming and what’s coming out. You could have had a leak or a charging source malfunction. Battery monitors, the ones that show accumulated Ah are essential in knowing what you’re are doing to your batteries.
Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jack Fitzgerald via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 11:41 AM To: Della Barba, Joe; C&CList Subject: Re: Stus-List Boat Batteries Same here with the AGM batteries. I installed 2 x 27 & 4 x 31 West Marine DC AGM and they were toast within 30 months. One of 6 would still hold a charge at the end. Back to gel for Honey in 2010 and no issues whatsoever and that is even after issues with the Ample Power alternator and it's diodes & rectifier bridge failure Jack Fitzgerald HONEY US12788 C&C 39TM On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I switched back to gel. I had too many issues with AGM batteries and golf carts don’t fit my battery locker. If you do want AGMs, the sweet spot is Group 31s. Truckers use them for running stuff while parked, so they get produced in large quantities. The cheapest 31 is a DuraCell labeled 31 at Sams Club that is really a Deka with a new sticker on it. The best AGMs, IMHO, are Lifeline and Odyssey. Lifeline is very expensive, but Odyssey makes the Sears Diehard Platinum AGM line for less money. Golf carts are still the cheapest if you don’t race offshore and can use wet cells. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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