If you read carefully, this document is a slightly exaggerated sales pitch. Note that many of the comparisons are to Standard starting, lighting, ignition (SLI) batteries, not true deep cycle. The discharge ratings are for 10 hours, not 5. The discharge voltage is 10.2, not 10.5 volts, etc. And what is the warranty? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Richard A Jones Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 1:20 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Alternators and batteries > RE: Batteries > Note that the Odesy PC1200 is a 44 amp hour battery as opposed to the 55 amp > hour of the Optima and around 50-55 amp hour of a standard starting battery. But Hawker claims an Odessey can be discharged essentially to zero and recharged many times. Other batteries was a maximun discharge of 50%. See: http://www.odysseyfactory.com/documents/US-ODY-AM-001_0406.pdf on page 10 for a German DIN test. I switched from an Interstate starting battery to an Odessey last winter because after a couple year's use, the starting battery just couldn't deliver many amps. I haven't had any troubles with the Odessey, but only have 4-5 trips of experience so far. This is for my aux battery. You can also use an Odessey as a starting AND deep cycle battery, similar to the Optima Yellowtop.
Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado |
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