Glen, A few years back and after a lot of Internet research, I installed a bank of flooded Trojan T-105 6V golf-cart batteries. A little pricey to be sure, but they have been amazing.
http://www.trojanbattery.com/product/t-105/ <http://www.trojanbattery.com/product/t-105/> Every few months, you do need to add distilled water. We have not lost power yet :-) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6_TMhP01w <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6_TMhP01w> All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Apr 4, 2018, at 12:43 PM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I would suggest thinking very hard if you need AGMs. They are more expensive > and require much better management and maintenance (i.e. quite specific > charging regime). In normal use, they won’t last longer, either. > > If you are forced to have a battery in the enclosed compartment (in your > cabin), you may consider a gel battery - non-spillable and virtually, no > off-gassing. From what I understand, they are less sensitive to variations in > charging voltage (you can use a standard charger). > > Many people had decent results with standard wet lead-acid deep cycle > batteries from Costco. Since you are in Toronto, personally, I would stay > far, far away from Canadian Tire. > > Others would probably chime in on various brands that do (or don’t) work on > their boats. > > Marek > 1994 C270 Legato > Ottawa, ON > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>> On Behalf Of Glen Eddie via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 12:04 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Glen Eddie <ged...@torkinmanes.com <mailto:ged...@torkinmanes.com>> > Subject: Stus-List Marine Batteries > > Hello everyone, > > I need to replace my house battery and my engine battery (atomic 4). I also > have a dedicated battery for my Windless (don’t ask). > > Any suggestions. I currently have 31 AGMs. > > Thanks everyone. > > Glen Eddie > Tel: 416-777-5357 > Fax: 1-888-812-2557 > ged...@torkinmanes.com <mailto:ged...@torkinmanes.com> > VCard > <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torkinmanes.com%2Fvcard.aspx%3FID%3Dglen-eddie&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc389ab1b77af4c705ad008d59a45fb60%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636584547710156782&sdata=BIjEmOfwPpbEBnHZejcXUN5v6r1TAbylQEjY1qGArlU%3D&reserved=0> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray>
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