[BC] Lead acid batteries.

[Joseph DiPietro]

My car runs on ten 180-Amp-hour 12-Volt deep cycle batteries connected 
in series.  Keeping the charge balanced is difficult to say the least. 
I keep close records on each battery and I can attest to the fact that 
the ones that are discharged the deepest fail first.

On 11/2/2010 10:39 AM, Sam Roffe wrote:
> I can attest to that.  Some how, some way, the battery in our mini van
> goes dead.  Kids leave the lights on or something.  At about 4 years,
> I'm looking to replace the battery.
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Cowboy<curt at spam-o-matic.net>  wrote:
>
>>
>>   Briefly.........
>>
>>   Depending on how deeply discharged, and how many times,
>>   it may be the difference between the battery lasting 4 years
>>   instead of 6.
>>   Run it dead often enough, and it may not last 1 or 2.
>>
>

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Joseph DiPietro, P.E.
RFEngineers, Inc.
617 NW 20th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32609
352-367-1725
joed at rfengineers.com
http://www.rfengineers.com
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