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• How many batteries got replaced this spring?
  • Do you keep it on a charger?
    • These were off charge several days before I checked voltage.
      • Thanks... you just confirmed what I am about to do.
  • I realized the same; the 10-year old starting didn't match up on the meter.
    • After I bought a 115 amp, I wished I hadn't.
  • I did it last Fall
  • Funny you should ask
    • Mainesail has a good thread on Deep cycle battery life,
      • Yeah, these show a significant voltage drop under very modest loads
        • I get you. My battery storage falls somewhere between those two extremes.
      • "one mans dead battery, is several more seasons for another"
        • going on my 8th season with my T105's
          • that is a good lifespan for them
            • I'm a weekend warrior and these batteries are always topped off
  • 12 volt deeps seem to last me 5 or so years, the golf carts 7 or 8... all under three this spring.