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pjw73nh
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Jun 29, 2017

Why can't I get a TRUE Deep cycle battery anymore?

As the title says. Why can't I get a true deep cycle battery any more? I suppose I could get a $250+ high end one (Optima/Trojan etc), but I am looking in the sub $150 range. I use my trailer 6 tim...
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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Jul 03, 2017
All I wanted was a Stepford, wife.

Fact is, the Johnson Controls, RV battery has no changed in say 15 years. It's still 2.75% antimony .050" plate thickness.

What changed was the label. The prolific growth of off-grid left the never-was-deep-cycle car jar batteries the laughing stock of the battery industry.

WHHAAATT? No change?

That's right. Oops I screwed-up: The label changed.

As Bob Marley put it...

"Don't Worry Be Happy"

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