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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Recharge every time you come off the water. Never leave them sit in a discharge condition. Also, don't leave them on charge for week's or month's at a time.
Batteries have two different life limits, you can't usually exceed ether one.
Service life: This is usually 3 yrs, 5 yrs, 10 yrs or 20 years. Even if you never discharge it, it age's just like we do, and will usually fail at end-of-life (EOL).
Cycle life; This is usually 100-300 deep discharges, and depends on the individual battery. A deep discharge is usually considered to be to ~10.5V. If you discharge to ~10.5V daily, I wouldn't expect the battery to last more than 100 cycles (100 days).
Of course everything is relevant, you get what you pay for with batteries too......
Have fun!
Al
Edited by ESOX Maniac 7/3/2013 1:02 PM
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