On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:42:14 -0500, Wayne.B
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wrote:
>On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:56:52 -0500, salty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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>>If you ever had flooded batteries in a boat that
>>got knocked over, you would likely have the same opinion that I have.
>
>Serious sailboat racers and offshore cruisers, yes, AGMs make a lot of
>sense. Power boats and casual day sailors, I'm not so sure. If my
>trawler or runabout get knocked over I've got a lot more to be
>concerned about than a little acid in the bilge. I once got acid in
>the bilge of one of my old sailboats (long story) and nothing was
>damaged except a transducer cable.
It's obviously 'less' of a problem with a large trawler. Batteries in
small
power boats, however, take a real pounding, and small power boats are far
more
likely to have gasoline aboard. I really can't think of a single excuse
for not
having flooded batteries mounted in a way to mitigate acid spillage.
Battery
acid in the bilge or spla****ng around an engine or storage compartment is
not a
good thing, and it doesn't take any extreme measures or big bucks to avoid
it in
most cases.
My personal frame of reference is predominately sailboats.
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