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Originally Posted by johnnyBgood
Should I just change them out or use this season and replace next.
Is it reasonable to expect the seller to contribute.
Any comments, opinions, advice, appreciated.
Johnny
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They are bog standard FLAs (flooded lead acid). There are two facts to consider
1) FLAs usually last around 5 years with care, often less
2) One of the lessons taken from the 1998
Sydney to Hobart disaster was that FLAs contribute to problems in a blowdown or inversion. Several/many
boats lost electrical power as a result of electrolyte starvation. AGMs are safer in this regard.
If it were my
boat I would:
- replace them with AGMs if going
offshore in uncertain
weather or for passages longer than a reliable
weather window
- test them and run them for another year otherwise