Chassis?Starter Grp 31 AGM. CROWN1 AGM?
I've been spending a few weeks trying to save my current CAT 8D Maintenance Free Starter Battery, due to an unfortunate few days of drain from Fog Lights being left on. (Pretty sure I have them back, ...
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With Mexico being next door virgin lead is about 150% of the price of recycled lead. Getting the last fraction of some metals out of recycled lead is expensive i.e. copper.
The only way that a thick plate battery will live up to it's lifespan potential is to treat it right. A thick plate $500 battery will sulfate and die just as dead as a hundred dollar battery.
Thick plates withstand intrinsic acid erosion longer than thin plates.
I used to start a Ford 427 engine with a standard group 27 tar-top battery. The engine had 12.5 to 1 compression. But temperatures never slumped much less than 25F.
Enough CCA for the starter motor or inverter is indeed "enough". If a Lifeline performs the CCA duty and longer cycle life is desired, then perhaps that is the best choice.
"Thin Plates And Superior Cycle Life" makes sense only if they battery is compared to competing thin plate batteries. Pound for pound, electrical activity equal, and more cycles while retaining >80% of it's ampere hour capacity.
It's not just plate "thickness". Cured paste DENSITY affects CCA and ampere hours. Porous "coral reef" plates are superior for activity, and inferior for lifespan.
The only way to quantify charge receptivity is to put competing batteries under test. Discharge both to 12.20 volts.
Apply saturation charge of 14.40 volts and see which battery accepts the high number. Don't forget, batteries are reactive. Their impedance changes under load.
The most important attribute a battery can have is to satisfy its owner...
The only way that a thick plate battery will live up to it's lifespan potential is to treat it right. A thick plate $500 battery will sulfate and die just as dead as a hundred dollar battery.
Thick plates withstand intrinsic acid erosion longer than thin plates.
I used to start a Ford 427 engine with a standard group 27 tar-top battery. The engine had 12.5 to 1 compression. But temperatures never slumped much less than 25F.
Enough CCA for the starter motor or inverter is indeed "enough". If a Lifeline performs the CCA duty and longer cycle life is desired, then perhaps that is the best choice.
"Thin Plates And Superior Cycle Life" makes sense only if they battery is compared to competing thin plate batteries. Pound for pound, electrical activity equal, and more cycles while retaining >80% of it's ampere hour capacity.
It's not just plate "thickness". Cured paste DENSITY affects CCA and ampere hours. Porous "coral reef" plates are superior for activity, and inferior for lifespan.
The only way to quantify charge receptivity is to put competing batteries under test. Discharge both to 12.20 volts.
Apply saturation charge of 14.40 volts and see which battery accepts the high number. Don't forget, batteries are reactive. Their impedance changes under load.
The most important attribute a battery can have is to satisfy its owner...
