http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1940/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:12:23 GMT Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:46:57 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1940/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/reply/7019/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html#reply-7019 in the world where they have no cars, just golf carts! Lugging 4D or 8D cells is not fun.
Trojans are a premium brand but I tried Costco's 4 years ago and they are working well. I would buy the Costco cells again when its time.

John ]]> feeds@yuku.com (captjohn) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/sreply/7019 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:46:56 GMT http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/reply/7015/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html#reply-7015 feeds@yuku.com (Dave Bolding) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/sreply/7015 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:42:45 GMT http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/reply/7014/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html#reply-7014
FWIW, I had Lifeline AGM batts on my Ericson 35 for 7 years with no problems and no maintainence and they still tested strong when I sold it.

When I got my C42 I was advised to put in golfcarts as I was going to be in Mexico and they could be replaced there easier than AGMs. But I was living on the boat and checked levels regularly and monitored voltages on a daily basis and so had no problems with them either.

If I had to do it again, I would get the AGMs... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (lakandjc) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/sreply/7014 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:54:55 GMT http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/reply/7013/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html#reply-7013
Beware of charge voltage limitations of other types of batteries. Our friends were looking at a solar cell regulator that cost several hundred dollars (vs $50 for the one I use) because their batteries cannot be charged at normal voltages.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (symandalay) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/sreply/7013 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:38:17 GMT http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1940/t/6v-Battery-Brands-Experiances-.html Hi everyone, we haven't been here for a while, and are now owners of a Catalina 470 but when we owned our 42, this forum had such good information that I occasionally return to read and seek advice on things of similar concern. This is one of those cases.

I'm not so good at battery maintenance. So once again due to age (5 years), the previous owners undisclosed sins which include inattention to electrolyte levels, and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ronblaul) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1940 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:12:23 GMT