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Hell, there's at least a dozen ways to kill a perfectly good battery in
less than a year. Don't ask me how I know !!
Dick Schroder
Gulfstar 43 trawler PanHandler
Admirals Anchor Jeffersonville IN
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of
> Ron Rogers
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:29 PM
> To: ;
> Subject: Re: T&T: batteries
>
>
> Although one cannot argue with experience and 1 year is a
> short warranty, a
> battery is part of a system and the batteries' premature
> failure could be
> due to a defective or improperly set charger or regulator.
> For my previous
> boat, Battery Warehouse in Annapolis sold me two Trojan house
> batteries and
> recommend a sealed type 31 Deka starting battery. It
> continued to function
> well after three years. My new to me trawler came with a Deka
> starting
> battery (type 31) for the generator which only gets charged
> by the generator
> and it has worked well (knock on wood.) Deka is made by one
> of the two big
> battery companies in the US: East Penn - <
> http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/ >.
>
> Deka Marine Master batteries are warranted from 10 months
> (one battery) to
> 30 months. All manufacturers sell different grade batteries.
> This URL deals
> only one grade <
> http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/products/pdfs/0194.pdf >.
>
> I have Concorde AGMs from the previous owner and have no clue
> what I would
> use to replace them. I'd probably follow Phil Rosch's advice
> and buy Trojan
> 6V golf cart batteries from a golf cart dealer and buy
> Hydrocaps to prevent
> water gassing-off.
>
> Ron Rogers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
>
> | When I first bought this trawler I put in Dekas. After a
> year and a
> month
> | they would not hold a charge. I was in the Chesapeake and
> I called Deka
> in
> | Baltimore, they said too bad the only guarantee them 12
> months and were
> pretty
> | snippy. I replaced them in Tolchester, MD, with Rolls, I
> had six deka
> golf
> | carts and I gained 300 amp hrs with the rolls in the same
> foot print,
> just
> | taller. I have had the Rolls over a year and they are
> great, They are
> | guaranteed 7 years. Be sure to get the special caps so you
> don't have to
> check the
> | water. Miller Marine installed them for free and did a great job.
> 410-778
> | 5951. No affiliation just a satisfied customer. They are
> expensive but
> it isn't
> | only the expense but the hassle of putting them in and
> taking them out.
> Not
> | something I want to do annually.
> | George
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