Deep cell battery?
At Walmart they have several deep cell batteries labeled as "Marine Starting", and some that are just labeled as "Marine". Anyone know if the once that don't say Starting are actual deep cell batterie...
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There are both physical and chemical differences between DEEP CYCLE and Starting or dual purpose batteries.
The result is the recommended minimum SOC for Deep Cycle is 50 %
Where as for others it is 75 to 85%
ALSO.. 2 weeks ago yesterday I went to start my car. NOTHING. NO lights. No sound NO DING DING DING nothing. I jumped it and went to Auto Zone where they dropped in a brand new battery (Warranty no charge) Did not even test it.> WHY. With a STARTING battery you get to do that one time then it's new battery time. And that was the one time.
With my GC-2's (DEEP CYCLE) I took 'em down to "Steps would not move" and "Lights would not light" like 3 or 4 times over 9 years and they recovered. Oh had I not done that they might have gone 10 years. but they recovered
The result is the recommended minimum SOC for Deep Cycle is 50 %
Where as for others it is 75 to 85%
ALSO.. 2 weeks ago yesterday I went to start my car. NOTHING. NO lights. No sound NO DING DING DING nothing. I jumped it and went to Auto Zone where they dropped in a brand new battery (Warranty no charge) Did not even test it.> WHY. With a STARTING battery you get to do that one time then it's new battery time. And that was the one time.
With my GC-2's (DEEP CYCLE) I took 'em down to "Steps would not move" and "Lights would not light" like 3 or 4 times over 9 years and they recovered. Oh had I not done that they might have gone 10 years. but they recovered
