"Sealed" Batteries - Have we been conned?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

Just replaced the house bank on the boat, 8 x Trojan 105s 6v 225ah Deep-Cycle Flooded, next time i'll be giving AGM's a shot......

For the engine i bought 2 Century 780 Marine Pros N70ZM, supposedly maintenance free, will see, previous ones where 6 year old Century 720 Marine Pro's......

AGM on a yacht is a good idea as flooded LA can loose juice in a severe heel or knockdown. I have two of those 200 FLA T and F centuries aboard myself. 6 years so far.
Wasn't Trojan part of the Century group once. ?

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

AGM on a yacht is a good idea as flooded LA can loose juice in a severe heel or knockdown. I have two of those 200 FLA T and F centuries aboard myself. 6 years so far.
Wasn't Trojan part of the Century group once. ?

AGM's have come a long way these days but there used to be some horror stories on them failing early in boat house banks, plus the price differance between a T105 225ah FLA and a T105 217ah AGM is staggering, 225ah FLA i paid $250ea and the best price i could find for the 217ah AGM was $410ea!, i couldn't find any T105 225ah AGM's in Aus....

Am hoping next time around the price and availability is a bit more reasonable for the AGM Lol......

Not sure about the Trojan/Century connection but heres a little history on Trojan US.....

https://www.trojanbattery.com/corpor...ew/#ourhistory