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Old 03-16-2016, 11:39 AM   #30
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City: Seneca Lake NY
Vessel Name: Bacchus
Vessel Model: MS 34 HT Trawler
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Originally Posted by AKDoug View Post

They sit for 8 months during the winter with no charger on them and have plenty of life in the spring to fire it up and go into "float" mode within an hour. I anticipate 8-10 years of service life, but we will see... I have an amp hour meter plugged into a hole but not wired, hopefully before launch this season.
I'm in the "same boat" w/ boat under cover for 8 mos and no way to keep charged. I have 3 8D's start / house + Gp 28 gen start batt'y and the yard was not cooperative when asked to remove my FLA 8D's to keep them on a charger over winter.
I loved mt previous boat & 6V Gold Cart FLA house batt'ys but have chosen to go the AGM route - for now vs rewire to accomodate different batt'ys.
East Penn / Deka 8D AGM's were still at 12.8V after winter storage their first year - will continue to monitor.

Lots of different reasons for our choices and I'll reconsider after I need replacements but for now they are doing exactly what I hoped they would and I couldn't be happier.
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