Texasmark
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Re: Is a deep cycle battery ok for starting?
Boating my man. The deal is that plates shatter and flake off and make scale which builds up in the bottom of the case and eventually shorts out the cell.
The idea behind deep cycle technology is/was to make fat plates that tolerate the cycling without cracking and flaking off. Since the battery dimensions are limited to it's size (like 27 for most deep cycle trolling batteries) it's only so big and the plates are fat resulting in fewer of them.
So the theory goes that the surface area of the few plates is not adequate to support high current applications so they were not recommended for starting.......but, like I said they (some) will provide suitable current, like the one that was on my tractor.
Mark
Boating my man. The deal is that plates shatter and flake off and make scale which builds up in the bottom of the case and eventually shorts out the cell.
The idea behind deep cycle technology is/was to make fat plates that tolerate the cycling without cracking and flaking off. Since the battery dimensions are limited to it's size (like 27 for most deep cycle trolling batteries) it's only so big and the plates are fat resulting in fewer of them.
So the theory goes that the surface area of the few plates is not adequate to support high current applications so they were not recommended for starting.......but, like I said they (some) will provide suitable current, like the one that was on my tractor.
Mark