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swimmer_spe
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Mar 06, 2019

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 batteries?

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  • golf cart batteries are true deep cycle batteries, a deep cycle starting does not have the plates a golf cart battery has
  • I think you mean "deep cycle" batteries. Batteries which can be run down to a lower SoC and still recover to (almost) full capacity many times over their life cycle.
    In answer to your question, I have no idea. Typically marine batteries are dual purpose, sort of half starting and half deep cycle. I've used them before and had pretty good results, but deep cycle battery purists will tell you they aren't real deep cycle batteries, go get 2 X 6V Trojans, or other golf cart batteries, and connect them in series, they'll last forever, just check the water levels regularly, etc, etc, etc........