On 09 Dec 2004 00:04:45 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

You should be grateful you got seven years' (maybe eight seasons) service out
of your batteries.

It isn't posible to tell whether you batteries are in critical need of
immediate replacement without running a test, but it would be a generally good
idea from a preventive standpoint based simply on their age alone.

Best flooded battery you can buy is probably a Rolls or Surette. (Same battery,
two different brand names). I was recently introduced to Meridian AGM
batteries, and I think they have a number of excellent characteristics as well.

Thanks Chuck. Do you think the Rolls or Surette are longer lasting
than the seven seasons I've gotten from mine?

Another thought is that I may get another bought after a few more
years. No sense in buying twenty-year batteries in that case. Hell,
the new owner of my boat, if and when, may just take it out and
capsize it!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Thanks Chuck. Do you think the Rolls or Surette are longer lasting
than the seven seasons I've gotten from mine?

Hard to say what a specific battery will do, but I believe my Rolls batteries
have ten year warranties, with no prorating for the first seven. Compare that
to a more common batttery warranty of 24-36 months, often pro-rated after 12,
and the manufacturer certainly has a lot of faith in them.

When I was in the auto business, I dabbled in some primitive electric cars. A
local coop would fit electric motors and goo gobs of batteries into Geo Metros,
kit cars, etc- and then I'd help them sell them to the public. The battery the
electric car people always used was a Rolls, and those guys lived, breathed,
and all but worshipped batteries.

Another thought is that I may get another bought after a few more
years. No sense in buying twenty-year batteries in that case. Hell,
the new owner of my boat, if and when, may just take it out and
capsize it!

So don't buy a 20-year battery, but if it were my boat and the garden variety
batteries had reached the ripe old age of seven years, I'd figure they had
earned a dignified retirement and put in something likely to be more reliable
for next season.

John,
7 years is an excellent life for any battery.


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 09 Dec 2004 00:04:45 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

You should be grateful you got seven years' (maybe eight seasons) service
out
of your batteries.

It isn't posible to tell whether you batteries are in critical need of
immediate replacement without running a test, but it would be a generally
good
idea from a preventive standpoint based simply on their age alone.

Best flooded battery you can buy is probably a Rolls or Surette. (Same
battery,
two different brand names). I was recently introduced to Meridian AGM
batteries, and I think they have a number of excellent characteristics as
well.

Thanks Chuck. Do you think the Rolls or Surette are longer lasting
than the seven seasons I've gotten from mine?

Another thought is that I may get another bought after a few more
years. No sense in buying twenty-year batteries in that case. Hell,
the new owner of my boat, if and when, may just take it out and
capsize it!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes