Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Battery Life and Types

If you limit the discharge to 50%, you can get 10+ years on those t-105's.

Steve Spence
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On 09/14/2010 03:09 PM, luv2bsailin wrote:
>
>
> Hi Owen,
> You may want to consider plain old wet-cell lead-acid batteries. A set
> of good golf car batteries (T105 or similar), if discharged to say 75%
> or 80% DOD every weekend, kept charged between use, and watered once or
> twice a year will last at least that long. You may notice some gradual
> reduction in range after 5 years or so, but they tend to fade slowly so
> you should have plenty of time to plan for replacement.
> Jim McMillan
>
> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:electricboats%40yahoogroups.com>, "otyers" <otyers@...> wrote:
>
>>
>> For those of us that are lucky if we get out on the water 30-50 days in
>> a year (a range of 150 - 350 discharge cycles over a 5-7 year period),
>> what battery type would make the most sense? Also, any tips on where
>> to source these batteries inexpensively?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Owen
>>
>
>

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