Bang, Buck, Batteries
Getting ready to repower a coach- 6 of them for 750 amp hours at 12 volts.
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Take a gander at the specifications for this AGM L-16 battery.
http://www.dcbattery.com/fullriver_dc400-6.html
There is NO WAY on the face of the earth that an L-16 case can contain "L-16 Grade" plates and offer these specifications. This is a "200 mph Tractor Tire". A sheep in wolf's clothing. Automobile grade AGM plates/grids/mats, in an L-16 case.
Purchase what you wish but beware of products that "suggest" they are something different than what they really are.
Down here it is not uncommon to see cooking oil in cans and bottles that look exactly like those used for olive oil. Some of the more brazen brands use the word OLIVIA in the name. In seeming No 2 font somewhere on the can it's printed "aceite comistible vegetal"
No problem if Full River would DIVULGE somewhere, ANYWHERE, the thickness of their positive plates. Try and ask them...
Here is an excerpt of some battery info for those who seem to like corroboration
"The plates of automotive starter batteries are about 0.040" (1mm) thick, while the typical golf cart battery will have plates that are between 0.07-0.11" (1.8- 2.8mm) thick. Forklift batteries may have plates that exceed 0.250" (6mm). Most industrial flooded deep-cycle batteries use lead-antimony plates. This improves the plate life but increases gassing and water loss"
If you do not like the above excerpt, take it up with "Battery University".
Then start asking manufacturers about their positive plate thickness. Honest manufacturers not only reveal the thickness of their positive plates, they almost shout it.
http://www.dcbattery.com/fullriver_dc400-6.html
There is NO WAY on the face of the earth that an L-16 case can contain "L-16 Grade" plates and offer these specifications. This is a "200 mph Tractor Tire". A sheep in wolf's clothing. Automobile grade AGM plates/grids/mats, in an L-16 case.
Purchase what you wish but beware of products that "suggest" they are something different than what they really are.
Down here it is not uncommon to see cooking oil in cans and bottles that look exactly like those used for olive oil. Some of the more brazen brands use the word OLIVIA in the name. In seeming No 2 font somewhere on the can it's printed "aceite comistible vegetal"
No problem if Full River would DIVULGE somewhere, ANYWHERE, the thickness of their positive plates. Try and ask them...
Here is an excerpt of some battery info for those who seem to like corroboration
"The plates of automotive starter batteries are about 0.040" (1mm) thick, while the typical golf cart battery will have plates that are between 0.07-0.11" (1.8- 2.8mm) thick. Forklift batteries may have plates that exceed 0.250" (6mm). Most industrial flooded deep-cycle batteries use lead-antimony plates. This improves the plate life but increases gassing and water loss"
If you do not like the above excerpt, take it up with "Battery University".
Then start asking manufacturers about their positive plate thickness. Honest manufacturers not only reveal the thickness of their positive plates, they almost shout it.
