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Subject: TWL: RE: RE: RE: 8Ds battery versus two Golf Cart in series
Robert,
GC battery cases are solid and intended for heavy service. I've never heard
Re starting, you make a good point. Perhaps if I were in a very cold
Best,
Maurice & Louise-Ann Nunas
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>>>BTW, you can also use them for starting batteries, contrary to popular
Well, why wouldn't you be able to, provided that the battery bank can
From: AKAMA (
of one splitting, but maybe others on the list will jump in to the contrary.
climate like the PNW two GC batteries would not twist the tail of a bigger
engine, like a CAT 3208 for example. I'd like to know if anyone has had any
trouble using GC batteries as starting batteries (many people have already
advised that they have NOT had problems).
Maurice
M/V AKAMA
Pier 2, Ponggol Marina
Singapore
From: ] On Behalf Of Robert Bryett
Sent: November 2, 2000 6:49 PM
To: TrawlerWorld
Cc: AKAMA
Subject: TWL: RE: RE: 8Ds battery versus two Golf Cart in series
How strongly made is the case of a golf cart battery? I ask because I've
seen the plastic case of a normal car battery crack in marine use when the
yacht was knocked flat in a spinnaker broach. Acid in the bilges is not
much fun.
opinion. So, you can have one standard battery throughout the boat.<<<
deliver the necessary high current for a short time? As I understand it,
that is mainly a function of plate surface area, so presumably a large bank
of deep cycle batteries could provide it as well as a smaller bank of
"starting" batteries. Mind you, in Singapore and Sydney our engine starting
environment is fairly benign...
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