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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I did get a bit sidetracked from my post. (During transmission maintenance, it was determined I had a cracked composite oil pan on the ISL. So have been coordinating parts, and repairs.). I did have the load test done on my 8D CAT MF 1500CCA battery, the tech said it tested on the bottom side of Good. Well, after a few starts and stops of the engine as they went from bay to bay on things in the shop, it needed the Boost to start. Got it home, and Specific Gravity revealed two cells much lower then the other four. This after two full cycles of equalizing this battery, as I tried to recover it.
I went back and read the lasts two posts a few times from LY and MW, enjoy and appreciate their posts!!! (Don't always fully understand them, but like to think I understand:)!).
So I did a final review of replacing my Chassis battery, and ended up getting a single Lifeline 8D, a Deep Cycle almost Marine battery - vs X's 2 of their Starting GPL 3100T battery. The 3100T would have been a better pure Starting battery choice, from the Lifeline family. And I was planning on altering our Battery baby to fit them where the current CAT 8D Chassis battery is. But since my long term plans on using this battery bay is to shift the House to Lithium when the X's4 L16's need replacement (And no rush on that!!!), I elected to not do the changes to the battery bay until then. Could be 3-5 years from now, and who knows what will develop in the LI battery options in that time. Thus the reason I went with the Lifeline 8D at this time.
It will be installed in the AM, after driving up San Dimas, CA today to pick it up from the Lifeline warehouse. (Fresh stock it be:)! While it's rated at 1350CCA, vs the last 6 years of 155CCA support - I have not doubt it will support the starting duty well in the temperatures I travel in the majority of the time. If ever needed, the Boost to the Bank of L16's is available.
Done deal now, other then going and enjoying the coach again soon:)!
And I final bit more on Crown AGM's. I misread my friends update on Crown in his boat. He has a Boating House battery bank of AGM's, he does not have a Starting Bank. He went out of his way to contact me and correct my post. he said his research determined the current Crown AGM's were not a good battery for Engine Starting duty. (Won't go into all the reasons why. But he said he'd recommend anyone considering these for this kind of duty, first review with Crown. And he confirmed he remains pleased with his decision for Crown AGM's for his Boat House duty.
Just wanted to close the loop on the Crown AGM's for Chassis, and share that I had decided to go with the Lifeline 8D. Full River 8D Deep Cycle would have cost less, and had a higher CCA rating. And their Full Throttle Starting batter would have cost more then the price I paid for the Lifeline - and may have been a better choice for Chassis Starter duty - but again for quite a bit more.
And finally, the SAM's 8D AGM battery would have saved quite a bit of money, and got the job done too. But I know Lifeline's have served me well so far in House Duty... And, I've no doubt I'll get 6-8 years of good support out this battery. So, costs should be a wash compared to the probability of two of the SAM's...
Always, done for now:)!
Thanks again for all of this info sharing and personal experiences,
Smitty
I went back and read the lasts two posts a few times from LY and MW, enjoy and appreciate their posts!!! (Don't always fully understand them, but like to think I understand:)!).
So I did a final review of replacing my Chassis battery, and ended up getting a single Lifeline 8D, a Deep Cycle almost Marine battery - vs X's 2 of their Starting GPL 3100T battery. The 3100T would have been a better pure Starting battery choice, from the Lifeline family. And I was planning on altering our Battery baby to fit them where the current CAT 8D Chassis battery is. But since my long term plans on using this battery bay is to shift the House to Lithium when the X's4 L16's need replacement (And no rush on that!!!), I elected to not do the changes to the battery bay until then. Could be 3-5 years from now, and who knows what will develop in the LI battery options in that time. Thus the reason I went with the Lifeline 8D at this time.
It will be installed in the AM, after driving up San Dimas, CA today to pick it up from the Lifeline warehouse. (Fresh stock it be:)! While it's rated at 1350CCA, vs the last 6 years of 155CCA support - I have not doubt it will support the starting duty well in the temperatures I travel in the majority of the time. If ever needed, the Boost to the Bank of L16's is available.
Done deal now, other then going and enjoying the coach again soon:)!
And I final bit more on Crown AGM's. I misread my friends update on Crown in his boat. He has a Boating House battery bank of AGM's, he does not have a Starting Bank. He went out of his way to contact me and correct my post. he said his research determined the current Crown AGM's were not a good battery for Engine Starting duty. (Won't go into all the reasons why. But he said he'd recommend anyone considering these for this kind of duty, first review with Crown. And he confirmed he remains pleased with his decision for Crown AGM's for his Boat House duty.
Just wanted to close the loop on the Crown AGM's for Chassis, and share that I had decided to go with the Lifeline 8D. Full River 8D Deep Cycle would have cost less, and had a higher CCA rating. And their Full Throttle Starting batter would have cost more then the price I paid for the Lifeline - and may have been a better choice for Chassis Starter duty - but again for quite a bit more.
And finally, the SAM's 8D AGM battery would have saved quite a bit of money, and got the job done too. But I know Lifeline's have served me well so far in House Duty... And, I've no doubt I'll get 6-8 years of good support out this battery. So, costs should be a wash compared to the probability of two of the SAM's...
Always, done for now:)!
Thanks again for all of this info sharing and personal experiences,
Smitty
