Thread: Gel Battery's

I have a NAPA gel cell battery that was removed from a dump trailer over 12 years ago that I use to crank my outboard.

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Originally Posted by Minnerkillr

I have a NAPA gel cell battery that was removed from a dump trailer over 12 years ago that I use to crank my outboard.

Wow, I sure hope you have some jumper cables on board. That is a long life for any battery. Wish I had a couple like that, 4 to 5 years is about the best I get with lead acid.

I bought my current boat a year ago(used) and it has two NAPA marine cranking batteries in it(lead acid). I figured I would kill the one on the TM but I have run it for 5 hours non stop and it was still going strong. I may look at NAPA when I need new ones.
Anyone know who makes them for NAPA??

Originally Posted by SeaRay

Wow, I sure hope you have some jumper cables on board. That is a long life for any battery. Wish I had a couple like that, 4 to 5 years is about the best I get with lead acid.

I bought my current boat a year ago(used) and it has two NAPA marine cranking batteries in it(lead acid). I figured I would kill the one on the TM but I have run it for 5 hours non stop and it was still going strong. I may look at NAPA when I need new ones.
Anyone know who makes them for NAPA??

East Penn / Deka?? What the innerweb told me.. those NAPA lead batteries sure are good, that's just opinion though, hopefully not to cheap :-)

My biggest beef with some of the new product is the warranties. So many things sold today that are double or triple or more the price of the standard models have a year maybe two warranty. Now I understand all the reasons why they can't warranty a battery or some other product for long periods. But none the less it is hard to spend that kind of money with the realization I may be looking at that expensive product just as dead as the cheap stuff just out of warranty. Even the fishfinders...I mean a year or two on a product that cost $1000.00 dollars or more? It's hard for me to shell out that kind of money without a little more confidence from a company in their product then that. And I do not care about the bean counter math or corporate strategy reinforced by "experts" in the marketing and loss prevention telling why it has to be that way.

I also have my risk assessment expert on staff. And he says it is too risky to spend big money on something with so short a full replacement warranty.