Another issue regarding flooded batteries is the orientation. While not important in most applications, on a sailing boat flooded batteries should be mounted along the beam (port to starboard) rather than oriented along the centerline.
Mainsail at pbase.com <http://pbase.com/> has a nice discussion of this issue: https://pbase.com/mainecruising/flooded_battery_orientation - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Fort Walton Beach, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ > On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:27 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:27:12 +0000 > From: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov > <mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Stus-List Flooded Batteries > Message-ID: > > <bn8pr09mb334704733432c7e92fcd83c4b9...@bn8pr09mb3347.namprd09.prod.outlook.com > > <mailto:bn8pr09mb334704733432c7e92fcd83c4b9...@bn8pr09mb3347.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > From what I read the life cycle cost of golf cart batteries is lower when you > use them hard and discharge past 50%. Sure it reduces the life of them, but > you get a lot more AH per $ in the end. The golf cart drivers surely could > not care less about stopping at 50%! > Joe > Coquina > Ps ? remember wet cells need equalizing every now and then. Gels do NOT and > AGMs sort of do. >
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