Posted by Jim Allen on November 19, 2009 at 11:32:49 from (209.173.160.22):
In Reply to: Optmia Battery posted by Alan Golden on November 18, 2009 at 19:03:06:
With a lot of what you said, I answer, "So you say." You didn't offer any contrasting data and when I compare data, I see it a bit differently. But let's not turn this is a dueling data session where we cherry pick the data that makes our points. I don't have the time and don't really care that much whether I am "right" or not. I have an opinion based on what I know, see and can look up. So do you. Over and above the "hyperbole" there is more than enough data out there for a person to compare and contrast battery performance and make up their own mind when time comes to buy a battery.
Your best point on the Optima issue may be the performance per dollar issue but that's hard to measure in a "one size fits all" manner. I paid a lot of money for batteries that only lasted three or four years. I now have a somewhat more expensive set that has lasted 12 years and is still going. Maybe that's the exception (as it might be with your 8 year Trojan example), maybe it isn't. There isn't any way you or I can measure that. Our limited circle of anecdotal reports really doesn't say much.
Almost forgot. I didn't mean say deep cycles "weren't suited " for cranking just that they may not have the necessary cranking amps. Seemed clear to me at the time, but maybe not
This post was edited by Jim Allen at 11:36:13 11/19/09.
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