Hiya, I found lots of useful information in the 'Curtiss Battery Book' - you can find it on-line at: <http://evbatterymonitoring.com/> but some time ago I downloaded the website into a Word document for my personal off-line convenience :)
The file size is about 8.4MB - I'll happily email it to you, if you wish me to; just drop me your preferred email address, off-list, to <[email protected]> and I'll pop it off to you today. A Google search on <types of lead acid battery> (without the carets of course) will also bring up a lot of good links for you to peruse at your leisure. You are obviously treating your present batteries well - I would have thought that only one failure, in over six years of use, was doing extremely well - although I suspect you are 'exercising' them more than most people will be doing - unless they are also cruising the cut a lot. Cheers, Trevor ....................................................... Captain Beeky wrote: > After more than 6 years use, since new, one of Uncle Mort's 4 x 110Ah > domestic batteries has fried. I topped up the electrolyte levels last > weekend and found that one battery was extremely thirsty. When I > switched on the charger it started gassing and became very warm and > after consultation with Mr M of this list I decided to isolate the > shot unit from the rest of the bank, so we are now working with 3 > domestic batteries, which will probably be fine through the summer. A > few discharge/recharge cycles indicate that all is well with these 3, > for the time being. > > I'm not interested in changing to any of the higher tech battery types > - gel/sealed etc - but would like to get a set of 4 best quality lead > acid replacements. > > What constitutes best quality though and how does one track down a > source ? Plate thickness and shape, electrolyte capacity . . . what > makes a unit "good" ? I know that Julian T has recommended a source in > Bedford or Northampton in the past. > > Limekiln Chandlery in Stourport is offering such batteries at £68, but > is saving £10/£20/£30 per unit at this stage a false economy over the > longer run ? I'd be pleased to get 6 years out of the next set. > > Dimensionally 240L x 170W x 200H seems to be the norm physical size so > I don't anticipate a problem fitting these into the battery container. > > Thx for any advice. > > Beeky [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
