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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"Deep Cycle" is a misused buzzword these days.
There is zero difference between today's "deep cycle" car batteries and regular starting batteries of 40-50 years ago. No information about plates per cell, just an offer of CCA or amp hours versus weight.
Higher the weight versus lower the CCA or amp hours suggests superior cyclability.
As mentioned before I had ABC battery in Los Angeles build a pallet's worth of 6 cell, 9-plate, wet, group 24 batteries. .090" plates, 5.0% antimony.
The reality turned out to be 260 CCA, 55 amps hours. You can't turn an Arabian into a plowing mule without suffering consequences.
The definition of "Deep Cycle" has been abused so badly it has lost it's meaning. Batteries for engine starting sacrifice everything else to gain CCA. A tiny group 34 that brags 825 CCA should never be cycled at all. A 10 second discharge at 225 amps is not considered to be a cycle.
My 1625 A/H 2-volt cells are 122 pounds heavier than today's 2200 A/H amp hour 2 volt cells. Choose (a) or (b) you can't have both.
There is zero difference between today's "deep cycle" car batteries and regular starting batteries of 40-50 years ago. No information about plates per cell, just an offer of CCA or amp hours versus weight.
Higher the weight versus lower the CCA or amp hours suggests superior cyclability.
As mentioned before I had ABC battery in Los Angeles build a pallet's worth of 6 cell, 9-plate, wet, group 24 batteries. .090" plates, 5.0% antimony.
The reality turned out to be 260 CCA, 55 amps hours. You can't turn an Arabian into a plowing mule without suffering consequences.
The definition of "Deep Cycle" has been abused so badly it has lost it's meaning. Batteries for engine starting sacrifice everything else to gain CCA. A tiny group 34 that brags 825 CCA should never be cycled at all. A 10 second discharge at 225 amps is not considered to be a cycle.
My 1625 A/H 2-volt cells are 122 pounds heavier than today's 2200 A/H amp hour 2 volt cells. Choose (a) or (b) you can't have both.
