All depends on how much money you want to invest. I opted not to go with AGM because of the up front cost and chances of a failure of one battery which usually results in replacing all too start over.
The Trojan T105's are about $50.00/battery cheaper and will do most everything you want for a house battery bank. Depending on use/abuse, changing them every 5 years does not break my budget.
Trojan T-105 6V, 225AH (20HR) Flooded Lead Acid Battery
My other consideration was that I have three battery banks that are charged by all systems, and an AGM bank would not work with my setup.
Dave
Quote:
Originally Posted by Torpedo Family
I am looking at replacing my 8D wet cell batteries with AGM batteries. The two large 8D batteries that were factory installed weigh appx 158 each and replacing them with four GC2 6volt batteries that weigh 69.5 lbs each. The cost is only $80.00 difference, anyone have an experience with the four AGM 6volt batteries?
|