Marine battery

[Yvon Boivin]

could somebody tells the real diiference between a marine battery and a
regular lead battery except the price?

Yvon

[BillK2]

Big difference, automotive batteries are not designed for deep cycling. If
you use an automotive battery in pl,ace of a marine battery it won't last long,
and will cost more in long run. Keep deep cycle battery topped off monthly an
it will last long time.

[BillK2]

by topped off, I meant charged

[Michael Morrow]

>could somebody tells the real diiference between a marine battery and a
>regular lead battery except the price?
>
>Yvon
>

A regular lead acid battery is not designed to be discharged completely, in
fact you can easily ruin a good lead acid battery by discharging it just a few
times. A marine battery also considered a deep cycle battery has heavier lead
plates and is designed to be discharged and charged many times.

Mike Morrow
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[Peter Bennett]

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:20:23 -0500, Yvon Boivin <ki...@videotron.ca>
wrote:

>could somebody tells the real diiference between a marine battery and a
>regular lead battery except the price?
>
>Yvon

The terminals, and the fact that the marine/RV battery usually has a
carrying handle. :-)

By "marine" I assume you mean "deep cycle" - deep cycle batteries have
a different plate construction than starting batteries, so they are
much more tolerant of frequent deep discharge cycles, but less able to
deliver large currents required for starting.

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