T&T: (Potentially) Catastrophic Electrical Shut-down

[Frank Burrows]

Leonard:

I agree with replacing parts before they fail and replacing them when it is 
convenient for you. I believe that batteries may be getting better or maybe 
I am just lucky with batteries. I just replaced my Delco 8Ds starting 
batteries with smaller batteries. The 8Ds were starting to have trouble and 
I needed to parallel them to start a cold engine. These 8Ds were 9 years 
old. I have 4 group 31 Deka Gel Batteries on my inverter that are also 9 
years old and just starting to show signs of weakness. They are on my 
spring list of projects to replace. This could be just pure luck but I 
wanted to share my experience.

I agree with your philosophy but I just wanted to point out that 4 years 
might be a little early.

Frank Burrows     Destiny   1979  43'  Viking MY
      Piney Narrows     Chesapeake Bay


At 03:36 PM 4/12/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>For batteries I place a 4 year limit which means every 4 years 1 or
>more  batteries are replaced no matter if they show they are good. Being 
>at the
>mercy  of the inevitable demise of batteries at their discretion is not 
>for me.