Correct.
Sorry, for the life of me I can't remember where. They're nothing special, not like the billet ones, which are $$$.
I tried to get Bennington to put a conduit in before the waveshield went on but they said no.
What size do you have right now? I mean bigger is always better when it comes to batteries!! Haha, the biggest positive about the Northstar batteries is how low they can be discharged without ruining the battery. I don't charge them off my motor for the simple reason that because of the low resistance, these things will take whatever kind of charge power you want to give them, which may in turn cause problems for the motors charging system. This is from the old Bennington rep whose family also owns a dealership. They had problems with guys having multi battery setups charging big stereo batteries and causing problems because the motors charging units were running at 100% all the time. You won't have that issue running a couple batteries, but if you have 4 really low batteries, it could cause problems. Also just as a quick note for everyone, read your owners manual, some motors don't like some different types of batteries (deep cycle, gel, tppl, etc.)
Why? Most motors put out plenty of amps for such a task, no?
I don't blame you for wanting more than one battery, I now have 2 with a transfer switch etc., on my pontoon boat. I always carried an extra one with me, just never needed it. I just keep reading about all these elaborate battery systems with chargers on Pontoon boats and I cannot figure out why they are needed.
I had a 1000 watt sub amp running two 12's and a 600 watt multi-channel amp running the rest of the speakers on my last boat. In Havasu we often find a spot and stay there all day, and the stereo runs all day. Before I was running AGM's I had three group 27 Interstates running the stereo. I could kill the batteries in about 5 hours, and would have to start up the generator. When I switched to the AGM's I was good for about 10 hours, but sometimes we would be on the water longer than that. It helped that I had dock power and an onboard charger to recharge everynight, but a good size stereo will drain batteries fairly quickly.
Agm's are definitely worth it IMO. I was going on 5 years on my last boats batteries, and they still ran like new. My wet cell batteries would lose capacity every year, and after three years were completely worthless. A quality AGM can last 10 years without losing capacity.
Are you running an isolator like the Blue Seas? I think I'm gonna go with the Die Hard Platinum since they are made by odyssey and my local sears has a few in stock.
I agree with everything it says. Just interesting to me how the dealer looks at it.I just found this on the net Now lets look at some of the direct advantages of these AGM batteries.these batteries are totally sealed, ‘transport’ classed as spill proof, never needing topping up with water, ever!
because of this they can be mounted inside a car, caravan, motorhome etc and only need to be vented to atmosphere, they do not need to be in a sealed box vented to the outside like wet batteries, and can be mounted on their sides or ends if needed.
because of their very low internal resistance these batteries will fully charge at a lower voltage, and accept a much larger charge current, so when charging from a standard car/truck alternator these batteries will all but fully charge, and fast too, in about 2.5 to 3 hours! (with the correct cabling and dual battery system->>click here for details<<)
they can occasionally be discharged much much deeper than conventional deep cycles without major damage.
these batteries when left unattended only self discharge at the rate of up to 3% per month, and even after 12 months sitting idle can be recharged and put back into full service without any ill effects. On the other hand a standard deep cycle battery if treated the same way will have destroyed it's self, it will no longer hold a good charge, and is sadly ready for the rubbish tip and recycling, not cycling!
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