A question for the techies out there.
I have a starting problem, and one possibility is that my battery needs
replacing. (I am working through testing other things).
Everyone seems to rave about a form of battery called
"gas recombinant" and the Odyssey has been mentioned.
Now I have a Yuasa NP17-12I battery at the moment which is marked "valve
regulated".
My confusion surrounds the product details shown in various places which
sometimes refers to gas recombinant sealed lead acid batteries and sometimes
as valve regulated sealed lead acid batteries.
Are "gas recombinant" and "valve regulated" the same thing ?
If so am I likely to gain anything from using an Odyssey battery rather than
a new Yuasa battery ?
What sort of life would you expect from a Yuasa ? It is now two years old
and seems to have plenty of capacity (it grinds away for ages !) but not
much initial oooomph !
Gas Recombinant has been feted as having that extra initial ooooomph.
The Yuasa battery is about 40, the Odessey I believe was mentioned on here
at around 80. It would be worth 80 if the plane starts first time with it
!
TIA
Richard
Richard F.W. Holder 01279 842804 (POTS)
Bell House, Bell Lane, 01279 842942 (fax)
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