โSep-23-2013 02:03 PM
โOct-05-2013 09:03 PM
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Try and find a car-jar battery with .125" positive plates and 5% antimony construction. This and glass mat separators are what makes up a "Deep Cycle" battery.
Interstate is a reseller. The only thing they manufacture is paperwork. Their production consists of warehousing and distribution. Some (not all) distributors (the people with warehouses and trucks) are well-informed about batteries. At Wal-Mart, the pimple-faced kid in the automotive department is about as battery smart as the teenager in Burger King who does the french fries.
โOct-05-2013 11:36 AM
โOct-04-2013 09:04 PM
eric1514 wrote:I have been looking for the GC batteries also at Walmart's across the country in my travels and finally found them in a Walmart in NH this summer. If I remember correctly they were less than $80 and no tax, made by Interstate.
I've never seen a Deep Cycle battery at Walmart, I've only seen Marine. I'll look again.
Eric
โOct-03-2013 05:46 AM
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โSep-29-2013 06:31 PM
โSep-25-2013 12:28 PM
DryCamper11 wrote:westend wrote:
The AGM has a few advantages, will charge quicker, will not freeze if less than charged fully, has low discharge for storage. The FLA is a clear winner for price/AH. I haven't had any issues with acid ruining my clothes, injuring any adjacent gear, or lost a lot of time with maintenance. Maybe it's just me.:h :B
I'm interested in the claim of faster charging for AGM. I recharge by gen and exclusively drycamp. I use FLA 4x6volt and recharge at C/5.75 (80A into 460 AH). That's about as fast as I'm comfortable with.
Does anyone have experience with faster charging than this using AGM?
I'm pretty happy with the speed of my recharging as it gets done with normal gen usage for the microwave or other high draw uses, but if I wanted less gen run time, I'd go to solar, not AGM.
โSep-25-2013 07:46 AM
westend wrote:
The AGM has a few advantages, will charge quicker, will not freeze if less than charged fully, has low discharge for storage. The FLA is a clear winner for price/AH. I haven't had any issues with acid ruining my clothes, injuring any adjacent gear, or lost a lot of time with maintenance. Maybe it's just me.:h :B
โSep-25-2013 01:11 AM
โSep-24-2013 09:42 PM
โSep-24-2013 08:16 PM
tplife wrote:There are MUCH more flooded battery choices out there too. Look at my sig, do those look like Costco GC's or Walmart 12's to you? I have also picked the exact amp-hours I require and I had a lot to choose from. And flooded battery does not equal cheap. My batts were nearly double the cost of yours ($260 each). Look up the cost of Rolls Surrette batteries sometime. Those are the best in the business. And how does someone with an Optima battery look down on others battery choices? LOL! That's about the worst battery you can buy. Leave those under the hood of a sand car where they belong. ๐
There are also a lot of other models available in whatever Ah you need.... Sometimes I go cheap myself, because there are a lot of different applications out there and more than one option. ๐
โSep-24-2013 06:48 PM
2oldman wrote:EldIr wrote:Hey, I can't take it with me and I deserve nice things. I've worked hard for my cash and now I'm gonna enjoy it!
it's too expensive to warrant using them.
โSep-24-2013 06:37 PM