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2007 Cam Fishing, Australia. All right reserved
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by HAPPYapple web design, Sydney
By Steve Nagle
What is the difference between a dedicated Marine Battery and a normal car
battery?
A: In some battery shops it is only the sticker.
The main difference is the actual way the battery is constructed.
Most car batteries only have the plates locked across the top inside the battery
case. Dedicated marine batteries, such as the Century Marine Pro range, incorporate
Plate Lock this is where the plates are locked both at the top and bottom
of the battery.
Also, the plates in these batteries are made a lot thicker to help absorb
the vibration from wave pounding.
Another advantage of these thicker plates is that it gives the battery a higher
reserve capacity (RC) which allows you to run the basic accessories such as
control instrumentation, radios and navigation lights etc. and still leaving
enough power to start you up to get you home.
If you require to run more accessories you may have to look at upsizing your
battery. At Battery World we will sit with you and discuss your requirements
and size the correct battery for the job.
Q: What is the difference between a Starting Battery
and a Deep Cycle Battery?
A: Good question fellow fisho’.
Basically a Starting Battery is just that a starting battery. It is designed
to supply a lot power to the starter motor at the point of starting and then
recharge quickly for the next go. A Deep Cycle Battery is designed to allow
it to be deeply discharged and recharged numerous times. An example of where
you would use a deep cycle battery is if you wanted to run an electric outboard
or a fridge etc.
A starting battery would also do this but the constant
deep discharge would soon destroy it.
An easy way to tell difference between these batteries is that Deep Cycle
batteries are rated in Amp Hours (Ah) and starting batteries are rated in
Cold Cranking Amps (CCA)
At Battery World we stock both the Century Deep Cycle and the US battery range of flooded cell batteries and we help you size the correct battery for the job. We also have access to a complete range of Sealed or Gel cell batteries but please bear in mind that these can cost up to 2-3 times the price of flooded cell batteries.
Another tip when using deep cycle batteries is not to take them past 80% depth of discharge the more power you can leave in battery after use the longer life it will have.
Steve Nagle
Battery World Campbelltown
P: 02 4626-4100
F: 02 4625-0146
