AnswerID: 12139 Submitted: Thursday, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:04
paul
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Basically you can use any AGM (ie Absorbed Glass Mat) and, i think, caclium battery.
Look up:
Optima Yellow top - it has a relatively small capacity of about 55ah at the 20hr rate and expensive but then again it does accept a fast charge (it has sucked up to 40 amps/hr out of my recharger) unlike lead acid deep cycle batteries which can only be charged at around 8 amps or 1/10th of the RC.
Also try the Oddyssey battery series, the Exide Extreme etc. It is a valuable marketing tool of these batteries that they are sealed and can be used in internal spaces. The exide and optima can even be used on their sides. There are more of these batteries coming out all the time.
A company called Powercell is now also producing AGM batteries. If you're in or near brissy ring Leisure Marine at (07) 3245 5111 or maybe your most local chandlrey. Don't know what these batteries are like but they sell a 100amp hour unit at the 20 hour rate for $300 and weighing 34Kg and dimensions 415mm x 173mm x 225. But they have a range from 18AH to 200AH.
There is another fax contact number on this flyer i have for these batteries which is for the company PowerDive at Fax (07) 3348 9929.
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FollowupID: 7361 Submitted:
Thursday, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:14
Paul posted:
oops, i meant exide orbital, not extreme as Mikeys accurately pointed out.
But i think everyone is making sealed AGM batteries these days - Trojan have a series as well, and that company is legendary for their wet lead acid batteries.
Just cruise the internet for sites, all the online shops that sell solar stuff always sell a selection of deep cycle batteries
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