My EarthX has sat for 6 months without charging and still started my O360 engine just fine. Once, after the master had been left on and drained the battery, it would not accept charge from a 1 amp charger though it did accept from a 30 map charger and has continued to work fine..
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 8:22 AM Larry Flesner via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > 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 > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 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. 🙂 > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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