Thank you all so much, please don't stop commenting. Are there non-rape and pillage suppliers for the higher quality gels and AGM?
I see higher cycle counts for gels declared in some places...is that true? Or is there more to the story - like really hard to charge and discharge gels so they actually produce that many charge cycles? (1000 I read.) On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:11 PM, EVDL Administrator <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29 Apr 2014 at 12:06, Lee Hart wrote: > > > I have Enersys, Hawker, and Concorde AGMs that are now over 10 years old > > and still delivering at least half of their original capacity. I also > have > > Gates, and Deka gels just as old that are still usable. > > I just recently retired the last of a batch of Hawker Genesis AGMs that > dated from about 1997. They were (well-) used when I got them. > > Of 24 equally old Deka Dominator gels, I'm still using 16 (and a couple > others sit around). Most have 60-90% of their rated capacity. > > One of the things I like about these batteries is how low their self > discharge is. They need only very infrequent charging when in storage. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140429/bd2a1f1d/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
