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Originally Posted by macojoe
I have been using car battery's for 15 years now!
In that time I have bought 5 batterys and the 2 in there now are still great after 5 years!
They cheaper, last longer, and the warr is a ton longer!
As long as you are using then for starters they are great, its the deep cycle use of discharging and charging that will kill them, I leave in my boat all winter also, as a charged battery will not freze but a dead battery will.
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Truth be told, there's more than one time I've used an auto battery...with good results... BUT, I didn't make that up about not using a car battery. It comes straight from Exide. And I'd be willing to bet any battery maker will say almost the same thing. You're 100% correct, it's the deep cycle that kills them.. in as little as 30 cycles according to Exide.
So, to my way of thinking, it's just 100% safer to have the proper equipment.
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