Maintenance Free battery - Blew the caps off?
Sometime last week one of the house batteries (in parallel) blew its caps and deposited acid throughout the battery compartment while plugged in parked at the house. By caps I mean the covers over the...
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It was determined long ago, there is no such thing as true deep cycle.
Any battery that is designed to serve in deep cycle use, "IS" a deep cycle battery, like it or not.
This in not saying there is not good better and best in deep cycle batteries.
The chart is a joke. Take the best battery there and run it 1/4 that many cycles, its still going to die in 10 yrs. In my experience, time has more to do w/ dying batteries than do cycles
Any battery that is designed to serve in deep cycle use, "IS" a deep cycle battery, like it or not.
This in not saying there is not good better and best in deep cycle batteries.
The chart is a joke. Take the best battery there and run it 1/4 that many cycles, its still going to die in 10 yrs. In my experience, time has more to do w/ dying batteries than do cycles
