I love EarthX batteries. Great experience with the customer service to. Thumbs 
up from me.

> On May 14, 2024, at 6:32 AM, Doug Steen via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> 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 
> <mailto: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. 🙂
>> 
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