Anyone using Lithium batteries? Comments?
Looking at upgrading to Battleborn Lithium batteries with charger/inverter for superior boondocking. Tired of running generator/engine to recharge the 2-Optima blue AGM batteries in use now. According...
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pianotuna wrote:
VA-Apraisr,
Optima have about 40% less space for active plate material. About the only thing they are good at is vibration resistance. In all other cases, a more conventional design may be a better choice.
I guess I'm an Optima customer with a rare bird: I have an Optima battery that I occasionally use for backup. It's at least 15 years old and still charges well and holds a charge.
It's a Yellow Top Optima battery that is in Group 31 size (but only ~90 amp hours due to it's cylindrical cells) and was manufactured by the original European company. About 6 months after it was released, the U.S. military contracted with Optima to buy all production output of that model. I got one at an auto parts store just before that happened ... and it was $$$ even way back then. What a battery it's been!!!
By the way, does whoever now owns the Optima brand still offer Yellow Top batteries? Their AGM Yellow Top batteries were/are supposed to be for deep cycle use.
