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Chuck Gould Chuck Gould is offline
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Default Remote Battery Filling System

On Mar 11, 3:05�pm, Larry wrote:
Wayne.B wrote :

Rolls makes a great battery, no question. *On the other hand the cost
of a Rolls 8D is somewhere north of $500 if my memory is correct. *I
recently purchased a brand X 8D from NAPA auto parts for $160.
Assuming I get the usual 5 years from it, I'll be money ahead.


Yeah, but you will lose "dock prestige" if they ever discover the cheap
batteries after all that braggin' about only using the most expensive
batteries on earth in such a fine yacht....like the rest of them do....



That, and after a long weekend at anchor somebody has to be able to
jump start the fleet of guys who think that cheaper is better. :-)