This morning we waved the magic wand and in one flash solved the problem of failed house batteries.
Only 2 and a half years since we bought them from Budget Marine in Grenada and the Trojans aren't delivering. We replaced one inAntigua last month and now another one has failed. How much life do the other six have?
The previous set of Trojan lead acid batteries which we bought in Malaysia gave very good service for 5 and a half years. David is so frustrated with the poor quality that he wants to ditch the current set and replace them with AGM no maintenance batteries.
Within a 5 minute walk of the our dock there are 5 well stocked chandlers and three of those have AGMs in stock. It is so refreshing to ask 'do you have in stock?' and get a positive response. One shop had 5 Victron Energy 115Ah and another shop 2 good and 1 poor of the same brand. We need eight (on a 24v system that's 4 pairs of two). Then the last shop we visited had nine brand new French brand EZA 100Ahs ready for adoption. One wave of the universal tool, aka as a credit card, and we have a fix for our stored energy problem fitted within an hour. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Or really, it was sushi dinner to celebrate.
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| Hello AGMs |
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| goodbye lead acid |
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