On 5/13/2024 9:55 PM, Luis Claudio via KRnet wrote:
I've been having battery issues to the point that I am on my second
battery
My previous batteries were lawn and garden 330 CCA type, both failed
with 6 months of service. I finally bit the bullet and bought an Earth
X LiFoPo battery (a little pricy but...) I installed it today and will
test it out tomorrow.
Does anyone have experience with the Earth X batteries or did I jump
from the frying pan into the fire?
Luis
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The cheap lawn tractor batteries are not the most rugged battery on the
market. The Battery store has customers lined up to replace them every
spring. The biggest failure rate is due to lack of charging, used once
a week and sets all winter. The lithium technology has advantages,
primarily weight, but most of the time, like in our use, we are mixing
technologies that may not work well together. When considering a
battery you must match the load side with the charge side and the charge
side must match the battery characteristics. For long term reliability
I would fly with nothing other than an Oddessey AGM battery. 18 years
and 800 hours on Oddessey without a single issue.
As always, YRMV.......................
Larry Flesner
P.S. Magnetos are a great battery backup. 🙂
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