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Re: [Mgs] batteries: lead-acid vs Absorbed Glass Mat

To: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] batteries: lead-acid vs Absorbed Glass Mat
From: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:57:31 -0500
Like I said, I got 5 years (and 3 months) out of a 60 month battery.
With a year of that a dying alternator. Ok, so 5 months is cold storage,
no trickle charger.

It was an Interstate MT-34, and it barely fit. I'll be sure to get a  
type 26 this time,
with a handle.

On Aug 17, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Simon Matthews wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Stuart MacMillan <macgroup@comcast.net 
> > wrote:
>> AGM and Gel batteries have one advantage over flooded batteries,  
>> and that is
>> they will survive deep discharging (80%) many more times than a  
>> flooded
>> battery will.
>
>
> Who cares? Just buy a battery with a good warranty and return it for
> partial replacement if (when) the not so good-regulator on our LBCs
> causes the battery to die prematurely.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
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