On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 07:19:20 -0400, you wrote: > >I just replaced my two Trojan T-105 banks with new ones. The old banks lasted >5 and 7 years respectively; they were no longer taking a full charge. I am >using one of the old banks on my home generator and it still works well. The >new T-105's have the captive caps, a nice feature (called T-105+). At $125 >apiece, I couldn't justify spending more for AGM's (a 3X cost differential) or >gel cells (a 4X cost differential). > >I have had Trojans fail prematurely in the past, but always due to suspected >misuse (physical shock or overcharging). And I'm sure they sometimes produce >a faulty battery. But in 30 years, I have had good luck with them. > >Alan Lewis >"Victoria" >Gulfstar 41 #160 >Lying Kittery, ME >K1ALL > Bob feels that the AGM or gel cells can't be justified unless they lasted three or four times as long. Which at the time we were installing batteries in the boat and in his electric car that he converted - they did not. > > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:31:33 -0400 >> Subject: [Liveaboard] Trojan Batteries >> >> Just thought I'd share this with the group. >> >> I bought (3) SCS225 lead acid batteries less than four years ago. Usage >> has been minimal as I am working on the boat. Solar panel and windmill >> keep them topped off. Good quality regulator and all that good stuff + >> regular maintenance. >> >> I have the three in parallel. One shorted out yesterday. It was then I >> discovered that there was only a one year warranty on them. I also did a >> bit of checking on the net and found a few of folks that had similar >> experiences to mine and many who bad mouthed Trojan. Put a call into >> Trojan early this morning to express my displeasure. Left a number on >> the machine. They have not called back. >> >> Did I just get a stinker? Any good experiences to share? Can I expect >> the other two to fail soon? >> >> Philip >> -- >> Philip Lange AE4OV >> USSV ORYOKI >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > >_________________________________________________________________ >Windows Live SkyDrive: Get 25 GB of free online storage. >http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009
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