[C320-list] Are 6V Batteries Superior To 12V Batteries For DeepCycle Applications?

[Walter burnett]

2002 batteries are 4D.
   
  Walter
  Selkie

Robert Seastream <seastream at adelphia.net> wrote:
  I've looked, but other than they're HUGE (perhaps 2-3 feet long?), I 
saw no markings on them.

On Jun 17, 2006, at 1:19 AM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:

> Have you looked at your batteries to see what they are? Probably a 
> good idea to see what you came equipped with....
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Seastream [seastream at adelphia.net]
> Sent: 06/16/2006 08:02 PM
> To: C320-List 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Are 6V Batteries Superior To 12V Batteries 
> For DeepCycle Applications?
>
> What group batteries are in the 320? I've got a 2002 model year and 
> would like to know. I think they're 8D but have heard 4D somewhere.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:42 PM, David Gleason wrote:
>
>> In years past, around 1956 or so, the auto industry started switching
>> from 6 volt to 12 volt systems. One of the reasons I was told was 
>> that
>> according to Ohms law, by increasing the voltage to 12 they were able 
>> to
>> reduce the size of the wiring needed to carry the same amperage. The
>> battery cables on 6 volt auto were twice the size of what you see on 
>> 12
>> volt autos.
>>
>> Dave Gleason
>> Proud Mary, #150
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:28:22 -0500 "Robert E. Sloat"
>> writes:
>>> A comment-If 6 volt batteries are better, why does every sailboat
>>> manufacturer equip their product with 12 volts batteries. And they
>>> don't
>>> even offer a 6 volt option. Their options often are upgrading so
>>> they must
>>> have made the decision that the 6 volt thing is not an improvement.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: 
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:54 PM
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Are 6V Batteries Superior To 12V Batteries For
>>> DeepCycle Applications?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Seems to me we have always thought the answer was yes. This is
>>> from the
>>>> Optima Battery web site:
>>> (_http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/faq17.asp_
>>>> (http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/faq17.asp) )
>>>>
>>>> It's popularly believed that 6 volt batteries are better for deep
>>> cycle
>>>> power applications than 12 volt batteries, but it isn't true. This
>>> myth
>>> likely
>>>> developed from the fact that golf carts use 6 volt systems.
>>> Because golf
>>> cart
>>>> batteries were the only deep cycle batteries widely available for
>>> many
>>> years,
>>>> the best way to obtain good 12 volt deep cycle power was to
>>> connect two 6
>>>> volt golf cart batteries in series (or more batteries could be
>>> connected
>>> in a
>>>> combination series and parallel configuration for higher voltages
>>> like 24
>>> volts
>>>> or 36 volts.) The effectiveness of that approach owed entirely to
>>> the
>>> design
>>>> characteristics and quality of the batteries used, not to the fact
>>> that
>>> the
>>>> batteries used produced 6 volts.
>>>>
>>>> In reality both 6 volt batteries and 12 volt batteries are simply
>>> built
>>> from
>>>> 2 volt cells; if a battery is built with three such cells, it's a
>>> 6 volt
>>>> battery. If a battery is built with six such cells, then it's a
>>> 12 volt
>>> battery.
>>>> To make a 12 volt system by connecting two 6 volt batteries in
>>> series is
>>> to
>>>> do nothing more than to build a 12 volt battery with two cases
>>> and
>>> external
>>>> interconnection. In fact, every cable end connection results in
>>> some
>>>> efficiency loss, so the two 6 volt batteries, because they must
>>> be
>>> connected by a
>>>> cable, will be slightly less efficient than the 12 volt unit.
>>>> Comments?
>>>> Bert
>>>> At Ease
>>>> #442
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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