Trojan t-1275 vs Signature series J150 RE
Before winter, I need to get a dedicated flooded house battery, my Northstar AGM-27 has been working hard as both house and engine battery for the last 4 months, and I want to return it to engine star...
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Scheemaneeze I'll try this one last time!
Engineer leadership is interested in one thing - their own personal integrity. Instead of wearing neon ties and arguing over whether the new alloy additive is to be called holycowifornium or shebangazowie they insist on stiff regulations for battery maintenance to make their product look as good as possible. They are after LIFESPAN. $ per kWh rendered and NOTHING else. Engineers are BLIND to generator charging. Everything is either "on grid" or tied to solar panel charging hypothetically absolutely perfect.
Thirty years ago the batteries were made exactly the same way and there existed ZERO regulations that are pounded out today. Sure they had charge limit recommendations but back then they had 3 - 7% range of antimony.
Paying an additional 300 dollars to add 20% lifespan to a two hundred dollar battery is not the wisest path to take. Paying three hundred dollars to get an additional twenty percent lifespan out of a ten thousand dollar battery bank is a horse of a different color.
Is this about flooded batteries? And you're having a quandary about how to manage them? Pardon me while I roll my eyes. You are already aware of how to manage flooded batteries CORRECTLY.
If a battery specification sheet is released and a platoon of heels are heard clicking together crying "ACHTUNG! DIFFERENT PARAMETERS! NOTHING ELSE MATTERS! NEW MARCHING ORDERS!" Then the time I have spent here is wasted; how sad. Don't give a **** if it is Trojan, Concorde or Rolls - a fundamental change in battery maintenance protocol means a fundamental change in battery construction. IT HASN'T HAPPENED! Time to go gardening.
Engineer leadership is interested in one thing - their own personal integrity. Instead of wearing neon ties and arguing over whether the new alloy additive is to be called holycowifornium or shebangazowie they insist on stiff regulations for battery maintenance to make their product look as good as possible. They are after LIFESPAN. $ per kWh rendered and NOTHING else. Engineers are BLIND to generator charging. Everything is either "on grid" or tied to solar panel charging hypothetically absolutely perfect.
Thirty years ago the batteries were made exactly the same way and there existed ZERO regulations that are pounded out today. Sure they had charge limit recommendations but back then they had 3 - 7% range of antimony.
Paying an additional 300 dollars to add 20% lifespan to a two hundred dollar battery is not the wisest path to take. Paying three hundred dollars to get an additional twenty percent lifespan out of a ten thousand dollar battery bank is a horse of a different color.
Is this about flooded batteries? And you're having a quandary about how to manage them? Pardon me while I roll my eyes. You are already aware of how to manage flooded batteries CORRECTLY.
If a battery specification sheet is released and a platoon of heels are heard clicking together crying "ACHTUNG! DIFFERENT PARAMETERS! NOTHING ELSE MATTERS! NEW MARCHING ORDERS!" Then the time I have spent here is wasted; how sad. Don't give a **** if it is Trojan, Concorde or Rolls - a fundamental change in battery maintenance protocol means a fundamental change in battery construction. IT HASN'T HAPPENED! Time to go gardening.
