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d-mac1
Explorer
Oct 16, 2014

12V Battery - Connect a dual purpose with a deep cycle?

One of my 12V dual purpose batteries has a bad cell and the other is fine. I've read on here that the dual purpose aren't preferred cuz we don't need the CCA for a genny so I'd like to replace the bad...
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time2roll
Nomad
Oct 16, 2014
Generally it is best to get matching batteries if spending money.
Yes they will work fine together. Expect the new battery to age out along with the old. So if the older battery has 3 years left then expect only 3 years from the new battery.

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