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Roger Long Roger Long is offline
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Default battery purchase recommendation wanted

Charlie Morgan wrote:

. They also charge faster than flooded cells due to lower internal
resistance.


I hadn't heard that but can believe it.

The significant differences I'm aware of are the lack of convection cooling
when you try to charge them more quickly than a reasonable boater would want
to and the inability to tweak and replace the electrolyte after they have
been abused. Neither should be an issue with normal use.

I'm sure we'll hear from Larry shortly but I can't see any good reason to be
carrying semi closed containers of liquid acid around inside my sailboat.

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Roger Long