Karl Bloss <blosskf@APCI.COM> wrote: > > I'm about to replace the battery on one of our other vehicles > that's becoming marginal as a starting battery and was wondering > whether I should just get my $5 core charge or try to use it as a > deep cycle to run stuff. > > I figure I can't break anything, but I'm not sure how it would stack > up against a real deep cycle in terms of charge life. > It would be AWFUL. Remember that any battery tends to develop a "memory"- ni-cads are one of the worst, but I've found that they're all that way to some degree. > Also, the local FLAPS has starting battery "seconds" for $30 that > might do the same thing. Dunno- never tried this way. Should you decide to do this, let me know how it goes. Best of luck! Sam
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