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TALL 6v batteries
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:23 pm
by Page 83
Has anyone had success shoe-horning the really tall group 8L16 6vdc batteries (something like 17" tall) into the early PDQ 36 battery compartments (under the helm station?) They weigh 123# apiece but four of them offer 720 Ah of storage, more than two 8D's. I suspect the fluid levels would be hard to check, even with a hatch in the deck above.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:23 pm
by duetto
hi sandy,
take a look at the lifeline "higher" agm golfcart batteries. they are about 2" higher than regular gc2 format. 4 will give you 600Ah and solve your watering problem.
good luck.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:54 am
by Knotty Cat
The rear batteries on my 32 are almost impossible to check for fluid levels because or their location. I purchased a system from Camping World that replaces the fill caps with shutoff valves and provides interconnecting tubing so the cells can be filled from a single location using a simple squeeze bulb.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:36 am
by duetto
we used the same watering system on our gemini. it worked very well.