Batteries - Again - Ad Naseum

I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went out on
the river. I will replace it of course, but I figured I wanted to replace
my trolling motor batteries at the same time.

My partner for ABA (Hammer) uses a battery in his boat that is lighter than
a regular battery for its size. I think it is made by Interstate. Does
anybody know what battery that is?

Now, the hard question. Does anybody know of a better battery that is
lighter for the capacity?

I do not like Interstate. I used to use their gell cells for my alarm
company, and they were the worst batteries with the highest failure rate of
any battery I have used. I have also had a pretty high failure rate / short
service life with their batteries in my service trucks.


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Yuma, Az
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I have had very good performance and value from Die Hard and Delco batteries
both in auto use and boat use for trolling and starting. In my opinion
lighter is not a good attribute to judge batteries for quality and
performance. My concern is that it is plate quality that is being
sacrificed which I suspect is the major mass of a battery. I could use some
up dating on that thought though.
Al C

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went out on
the river.
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Now, the hard question. Does anybody know of a better battery that is
lighter for the capacity?
snip

No,, it looks to me like they are sacrificing some of the acid volume, and
maybe going to an impregnated fiber to hold it like in the Minn Kota
batteries.

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Yuma, Az
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"Acee" wrote in message
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I have had very good performance and value from Die Hard and Delco
batteries
both in auto use and boat use for trolling and starting. In my opinion
lighter is not a good attribute to judge batteries for quality and
performance. My concern is that it is plate quality that is being
sacrificed which I suspect is the major mass of a battery. I could use
some
up dating on that thought though.
Al C

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went out
on
the river.
snip
Now, the hard question. Does anybody know of a better battery that is
lighter for the capacity?
snip

I'm told to use the biggest, heaviest batteries that will fit in my boat.

Warren

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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No,, it looks to me like they are sacrificing some of the acid volume, and
maybe going to an impregnated fiber to hold it like in the Minn Kota
batteries.

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Bob La Londe
Yuma, Az
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"Acee" wrote in message
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I have had very good performance and value from Die Hard and Delco
batteries
both in auto use and boat use for trolling and starting. In my opinion
lighter is not a good attribute to judge batteries for quality and
performance. My concern is that it is plate quality that is being
sacrificed which I suspect is the major mass of a battery. I could use
some
up dating on that thought though.
Al C

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went
out
on
the river.
snip
Now, the hard question. Does anybody know of a better battery that is
lighter for the capacity?
snip

Bob La Londe wrote:
I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went
out on the river. I will replace it of course, but I figured I
wanted to replace my trolling motor batteries at the same time.

My partner for ABA (Hammer) uses a battery in his boat that is
lighter than a regular battery for its size. I think it is made by
Interstate. Does anybody know what battery that is?

Now, the hard question. Does anybody know of a better battery that is
lighter for the capacity?

I do not like Interstate. I used to use their gell cells for my alarm
company, and they were the worst batteries with the highest failure
rate of any battery I have used. I have also had a pretty high
failure rate / short service life with their batteries in my service
trucks.

What about these Bob?

http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/index.html

"SHRED©" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went
out on the river. I will replace it of course, but I figured I
wanted to replace my trolling motor batteries at the same time.

My partner for ABA (Hammer) uses a battery in his boat that is
lighter than a regular battery for its size. I think it is made by
Interstate. Does anybody know what battery that is?

Now, the hard question. Does anybody know of a better battery that is
lighter for the capacity?

I do not like Interstate. I used to use their gell cells for my alarm
company, and they were the worst batteries with the highest failure
rate of any battery I have used. I have also had a pretty high
failure rate / short service life with their batteries in my service
trucks.

What about these Bob?

http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/index.html


Yep, those are the ones Hammer runs in his Nitro.

I have Delco Deep cycles in mine, and the seem to work pretty good. I'm
going to try the Minn Kotas in my tin boat I'm getting for a backup.


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Bob La Londe
Yuma, Az
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