My experience is the DEKA deep cycle may be the least costly battery to use, but they will likely only last 2 years, 3-years if you are lucky. The Rolls AGM will possibly last 3-4 years. It is twice

I had a set of DEKA Marine "Deep Cycle" lead acid batteries fail after just 4 months on Kristy. They were repackaged for NAPA, and I was assured by DEKA that they were the same battery as sold as

When working on these end caps and bobbins, be REALLY careful. Even a little bit of torque on the opposite end of the housing is multiplied by the leverage of the long housing. It is really easy to

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as far as I know, there is a starter relay on the ignition circuit of the VP D3 110ib. when I start the engine, sometimes the alternator doesn't excite (even if the throttle is full down) could it be

Nick, Hopefully, the cause is the O Ring(s) on the Bobin but could be the endcap itself. That said, take a look at your endcaps. If they are white, it is very likely the endcaps have eroded at the

May I add my 2 cents about a shared experience and possible solution… - starting in South Africa during my first RTW, the 7MDKAV began to have irregular starting fails (nearly as described above

I have a small leak from the watermaker outboard end membranes on my 160 litre per hour unit. I believe it is the stainless inter connector between the membranes. Had a look at Desalator website and

Also if you use the bow thruster without the generator you can significantly reduce the life of your lead or AGMs .

Jose, Bill Kinney is absolutely right, it is important to understand why these batteries failed so quickly. Is it possible that the batteries spent long periods at low charge state before you

Batteries are very special equipment My Victron bank had once to be changed after only 3 years . Gel batteries . That really depends how they are used in which environment . If it is too hot the

Normal practice is to consider a battery as due for replacement when its capacity drops to less than 80% of the original nameplate. It looks like the MasterVolt testing has flagged each of the

Hi all, Recently had similar experience. Volvo penta tech in Martinique (Ludovic at Ids) tells me it is because Oman has glow plugs that draw a lot of current. D3 engine being common rail does not

Looking like a cca cranking test. Not a capacity test over 20 hrs at 5 amp discharge. Michael Nebo sm251

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Even the test shows that 3 of the batteries should be replaced (à remplacer). I believe you need to replace all of them. Bill CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 |

Have you considered disconnecting one battery pair at a time for 24 hours and rerun tests as above each day. That way you might identify an aberrant pair Agreed with Bill impression Envoyé de

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The Lewmar torlon balls are 6.4 mm. Price in France 100 balls, 76,5€. Mines are 6.5 (they are old, bought 30 years not Lewmar brand). Best Dominique Irko A54