Choice of Batteries - Which Would You Choose?
Need expert advise from those that know batteries best. I have an 05 PW Excel that has room for just one 12v house battery in the outside compartment. It's a wet cell, and just as soon get away from t...
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100 watts of power through a 6 cell battery @ 12.5 volts = 8.00 amperes
100 watts of power through 2 batteries in series 3-cell = 8.00 amperes
100 watts of power through 100,000,000 amp hour 12.5 volt battery = 8.00 amperes
Defined size of battery case. Thicker less porous plates equal less reactive surface area. Fewer ampere hours less cold cranking amperes. Less porous plates less ablative corrosion factor. Highly porous plates are like a Hungarian Movie Actress, high performance, but fruitcake durability.
The making of a superb battery requires exacting dimensional tolerances. Plates distanced and aligned to incredibly precise measurements. The material of a glass mat enables it (or not) to osmotic performance either superior or inferior.
The Concorde Lifeline brags about it's .115" positive plate thickness. The last AGM battery I tore apart had .060" positive plates. Now ask yourself, how can an AGM battery have superior CCA, very high charge receptivity, AND thick plates? Why do none of the other OEM AGM manufacturers offer plate thickness data? Hmmmmmm? Oh golly gee, Rolls, brags about their flooded battery plate thickness. Just try and find plate thickness with other manufacturers. Got something to hide, do they?
100 watts of power through a 6 cell battery @ 12.5 volts = 8.00 amperes
100 watts of power through 2 batteries in series 3-cell = 8.00 amperes
100 watts of power through 100,000,000 amp hour 12.5 volt battery = 8.00 amperes
Defined size of battery case. Thicker less porous plates equal less reactive surface area. Fewer ampere hours less cold cranking amperes. Less porous plates less ablative corrosion factor. Highly porous plates are like a Hungarian Movie Actress, high performance, but fruitcake durability.
The making of a superb battery requires exacting dimensional tolerances. Plates distanced and aligned to incredibly precise measurements. The material of a glass mat enables it (or not) to osmotic performance either superior or inferior.
The Concorde Lifeline brags about it's .115" positive plate thickness. The last AGM battery I tore apart had .060" positive plates. Now ask yourself, how can an AGM battery have superior CCA, very high charge receptivity, AND thick plates? Why do none of the other OEM AGM manufacturers offer plate thickness data? Hmmmmmm? Oh golly gee, Rolls, brags about their flooded battery plate thickness. Just try and find plate thickness with other manufacturers. Got something to hide, do they?
