Battle Born Lithium

2oldman wrote:

bob_nestor wrote:
When you factor in the life span of the Lithium-Ion vs the lead acid the cost comes out almost the same.

Minus all the maintenance and the weight and replacing them.

Nothing like believing smoke and mirrors..

Maintenance?

Once a year I simply add a few ounces of water per cell to my GC2s..

Never had to clean the terminals, you can EAT OFF THEM RIGHT NOW.

If you are cleaning terminals often the SEAL between the terminals and battery case have been damaged or you are BOILING your batteries to death (bad converter). My first set of GC2s I never once removed the terminals to clean and they were as bright as the day I had installed the batteries when I replaced them.

Life?

My first set of GC2s were 9 yrs when I replaced them, they were still doing OK and could have gotten a few yrs more out of them. The only reason I replaced is I use them heavily when traveling since they support my home fridge conversion and didn't want my fridge to run out of power while traveling.

Cost?

$80 each for $160 and 9 yrs of use..

For me to spend $1500 and only get at best 10 yrs out of Lith batteries pretty much describes insanity. The "jury" is out on just how long Lith batteries really last. From my experience with commercial products that used Lith batteries is don't hold your breath, some only lasted a couple of yrs..

I will pocket the money I didn't spend on Lith batteries for OTHER much more fun things.