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<DIV>Ray, </DIV>
<DIV>As a battery-only wrench I stock and sell many brands. Not sure where you
saw Deka = Trojan but from years of first hand experience, Deka’s are not
anywhere near Trojan in life cycles. Also, FWIW dealers, if you sell Deka, check
the micro date code on the side of the case. I have received pallet loads of 8D
and 4D AGM’s that were over 1 year old when delivered.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just for the fun of it, my opinion is that Johnson Control (JC) is the
worst performer. Just have a look at your JC Sam's Club $68 GC2. A 1-3 year
battery. About the same for the JC Interstate green top GC2.</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ray@solarray.com
href="mailto:ray@solarray.com">Ray Walters</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Allan@positiveenergysolar.com
href="mailto:Allan@positiveenergysolar.com">Allan@positiveenergysolar.com</A> ;
<A title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] battery cycle life, US
Battery</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Geez,
I got that file on a model specific google search. It has a picture of a 4000
series flooded cell to the side, no other labeling, and it matched my cross
check in the AEE catalog (1000 cycles at 50% DOD). I can't seem to get to that
page within the website.....<BR>The chart you sent is labeled series 4000, and
is labeled 1280 cycles @50% DOD (very definitive, very different). Did both
myself and AEE indeed use the wrong data?(I see the AGM tag) I have another s460
spec sheet claiming 1300 cycle 10 year life with no DOD mentioned.....<BR>Its
like shopping for tires or a mattress, you never know what to believe, other
than real experience sometimes. I had a horrible time for instance finding cycle
data for Deka, and I'm still not sure if what they sent is right (that Deka =
Trojan) I had conflicting charts and numbers from Trojan too.....<BR>Be nice to
have an independent test facility and publish some trust worthy comparison data
on a level playing field. I based my Rolls info on almost a decade of literature
collected from them, not just that one chart.<BR><BR>Awaiting clarification from
Rolls, sorry if I used the wrong data<BR><BR>Ray
Walters</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>