>Hey Henry;
> We plan to use Homer about 4 times a year. I will replace the batteries
>after 5 years or twenty possible draindowns. We leave Homer plugged into 120V
>all the time at home, so he should keep a charge.
Make certain that your charger keeps the float at the right level. Some of
the older chargers (and new cheapies) will boil off your batteries.
> I check the batt water
>every quarter. You can see that we have no reason to invest in good deep
>cycle 6 volt batteries.
With 2 -12V trolling batteries you already have "good deep cycle
batteries." They may not be the absolute best, but as I said earlier golf
cart batteries are a very good compromise on cost and performance -
trolling batteries look better than GC.
> As you said everyone has their own needs. My problem
>was that there didn't seem to be any balance between cost and need in the
>batterie discussions.
I doubt very seriously that anybody on this list uses "real" deep cycle
batteries like the Concorde. To get the same capacity that I get out of 2
golf cart batteries is $450 + tax. My GC batteries were $180 + tax and I
could have gotten the same batteries $60 cheaper by driving down to Pebble
Beach and getting them from the Golf Cart shed. The Concorde is probably a
better lifetime buy since they will last at least twice as long as a GC
battery and are better construction. But I didn't want to count on owning
the GMC 5 years from now in its present configuration.
Henry
> We plan to use Homer about 4 times a year. I will replace the batteries
>after 5 years or twenty possible draindowns. We leave Homer plugged into 120V
>all the time at home, so he should keep a charge.
Make certain that your charger keeps the float at the right level. Some of
the older chargers (and new cheapies) will boil off your batteries.
> I check the batt water
>every quarter. You can see that we have no reason to invest in good deep
>cycle 6 volt batteries.
With 2 -12V trolling batteries you already have "good deep cycle
batteries." They may not be the absolute best, but as I said earlier golf
cart batteries are a very good compromise on cost and performance -
trolling batteries look better than GC.
> As you said everyone has their own needs. My problem
>was that there didn't seem to be any balance between cost and need in the
>batterie discussions.
I doubt very seriously that anybody on this list uses "real" deep cycle
batteries like the Concorde. To get the same capacity that I get out of 2
golf cart batteries is $450 + tax. My GC batteries were $180 + tax and I
could have gotten the same batteries $60 cheaper by driving down to Pebble
Beach and getting them from the Golf Cart shed. The Concorde is probably a
better lifetime buy since they will last at least twice as long as a GC
battery and are better construction. But I didn't want to count on owning
the GMC 5 years from now in its present configuration.
Henry
