2112
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Quote:No need to repaint battery compartment,...
Here is an interesting point. Have others using lead acid long term found corrosion to be an issue or problem? Detect any at all? This aspect never crossed my mind.
I'm researching jumping up to the big boys and buying either a class A or C.
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2112 wrote:Quote:No need to repaint battery compartment,...
Here is an interesting point. Have others using lead acid long term found corrosion to be an issue or problem? Detect any at all? This aspect never crossed my mind.
I'm researching jumping up to the big boys and buying either a class A or C.
Once again, everything is about care. Properly maintained the battery compartment should remain pretty pristine but if you get careless....well acid is corrosive. Outside of some dust, ours looks like it just left the factory.
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The main difference is that with AGM batteries, you install them, set-up your charger properly, and forget them. You pay for this convenience.
With the less expensive lead acid batteries, you install them, set-up your charger properly, you check and add water on occasion, you desulfate them occasionally, you clean your battery compartment from time to time so that you do not have any corrosion, and they will probably last as long as the AGM batteries.
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harold1946
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Corrosion is always an issue with wet cell batteries with the exception of AGM or Gel-cell. Proper maintenance is the key to keeping it under control. Charging at too fast a rate can cause them to boil as well as too deep a discharge, with the resulting gas-off of hydrogen sulfide.
Discharging below 50% state of charge will also cause them to heat up and can cause the plates to warp, creating an internal short, with the result being a destroyed battery or an explosion. At the very least, the battery life will be reduced. The same can happen if too high of charge rate is applied or overcharged.
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harold1946 wrote:Discharging below 50% state of charge will also cause them to heat up and can cause the plates to warp, creating an internal short, with the result being a destroyed battery or an explosion. At the very least, the battery life will be reduced.
Which I read about often around here. And both AGM and GEL batteries clearly win out in the Ultra Deep Discharge test.
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daveB110
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Never had corrosion with 8 6-volt lead acid wet cell batteries in ten years.
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daveB110 wrote:Never had corrosion with 8 6-volt lead acid wet cell batteries in ten years.
That is truly amazing!!! Ten years and never had to even clean the terminals.
I think many would like you to share the the secret.
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Well Vanderee, what have you decided.......
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RayChez
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I use the interstate six volt batteries and have had real good luck with them. I also use for cranking the Cat engine heavy duty Napa batteries which are also Interstate built for Napa.
But if you want an expensive battery buy the Odyssey 31M for cranking the engine at $410.00 per battery and that is at a discount. They usually cost over $500.00
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Dielectric silicon with tight connections. No boiling off in a good charging system. I don't equalize, never found a need for it. No "painting the battery area," I still like that colour. Never go less than 12.2 volts. Has worked for me, using four- bank Interstate 6-volts.
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