Re: Optima alternatives

["David G Leatham" <res0inod@verizon.net>]

> > >parameters when using sealed batteries and avoid gell batteries.  These
> > >Panosonics sound interesting.
>
> I would be interested to know why you avoid Gell batteries.
> Have you had bad axperiences with them?

    I've avoided Gells mostly because if they were used in a normal marine
charge/discharge enviorment they would die do to the existing equiptment
used for charging-- then who knows what they could do to ruin a bank out
there on the Big Water.  Mostly the smart customers also demand higher
discharge rates and need faster recharge rates than gells like; Not to even
mention the upper volt limits.  So if  I want to put a battery where it will
be difficult to water or the customer has pyshical restraints I use AGM's,
otherwise waterable batts are the usual choice.  Now these apps are what I
do to keep happy campers enjoying there time on the water in very well
coffered personal floating RV's= boats.

>From what I hear from the Racing and Hi volt users--they want smaller cells
than I normally want - and may be able to use gel ( really NOT ).  Gas Mat's
( AGM ) have proven themselves well in marine House use.  I often use
Powerline 6v 220AH in maybe 4 to 10 pair in a 12v app.= very smooth and very
robust performance.  But that's not so pure EV.  One thing about
series/parrallel  vs. series connection only-- they say biggest single cell
size  be  best ( series ), untill a cell dies then the parallel batt gets
you home.

Sorry for not being pure EV again

dl
> Cheers,
>       Dave Dave meets Dave Dave>