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AGM vs Flooded Battery Cost Effectiveness (long)

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GYMKIDD319@aol.com
Fri, Mar 4, 2005 7:54 PM

Guess I don't have the magic touch for posting tables...

My post on the above subject should read, left to right,

line (a) for amp hours,  255, 225, 220 ,
on line (f) for costs, data should be 0.31, 0.33 and 0.57.

Also, I should have mentioned in my post, that using the above cost figures,
you can get a rough estimate of daily battery costs for providing dc current:
at a typical 150 amp hours daily, the battery cost is about .32 cents (from
line (f) or $.0032 times 150 or about $.50 daily. That assumes enough use that
your battery doesn't sit around unused for years and die of "old age".

Rob Brueckner
Hatteras Yachtfisherman

Guess I don't have the magic touch for posting tables... My post on the above subject should read, left to right, line (a) for amp hours, 255, 225, 220 , on line (f) for costs, data should be 0.31, 0.33 and 0.57. Also, I should have mentioned in my post, that using the above cost figures, you can get a rough estimate of daily battery costs for providing dc current: at a typical 150 amp hours daily, the battery cost is about .32 cents (from line (f) or $.0032 times 150 or about $.50 daily. That assumes enough use that your battery doesn't sit around unused for years and die of "old age". Rob Brueckner Hatteras Yachtfisherman