Deep Cycle batteries
This has probably been discussed somewhere but allow me to bring it up one more time. Since deep cycle batteries are designed to be repeatedly discharged as much as 80%, does that necessarily mean ...
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BFL13 wrote:I think I have experienced that myself (not sure). I typically do a top charge a week before I go camping. It seems they need some agitation before use (after sitting on float for a while).
I think there is something to the idea you should deep cycle them once in a while. No measurements, but I find the first days when camping after they have been on a Float they seem to get down to 50% earlier than I expect and the second one, now they have been woken up or whatever goes on inside them, is "more like it."
