Mixing battery types
Question for the battery "Gurus", what is the downside of mixing a gel cell with a standard wet cell type? Will I risk overcharging one or the other? Feedback and comments would be appreciated.
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Gel cells will tolerate a certain amount of abuse. The voltage regulator on my boat alternator went bad & was charging my gel cells at 18V. They got a total of at least 10hours charging at this voltage with no noticable degrading. They lasted another 5 years after the fault happened.
Yeah, yeah, we have heard it a thousand times, a couple of 6V golfcart batterys provide the best bang for amperage buck. What these drum thumpers don't say is that they have to replace those wet cell batterys every 3 or 4 years. Expect 8 to 10 years service life out of a gel or AGM battery.
Yeah, yeah, we have heard it a thousand times, a couple of 6V golfcart batterys provide the best bang for amperage buck. What these drum thumpers don't say is that they have to replace those wet cell batterys every 3 or 4 years. Expect 8 to 10 years service life out of a gel or AGM battery.
