Choosing a Winch - Page 5

garrycol · #41 (**permalink**) 7th October 2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bush65

I use duel, largish ampere hour, AGM batteries in all of my vehicles (and boat) now. I don't have a separate starting battery. These have been good for starting and winching as well as running the fridge for long periods.

You must be rich to have all those AGM batteries - given the information on this thread I googled these batteries - the costs are a bit steep.

Tank · #42 (**permalink**) 11th October 2008, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dullbird

well we have twin yellow tops on the 90 thats the starter and the second...and the winch runs off them also......NEVER had a problem

Standard flat plate lead acid Deep Cycle batteries can be irrepairably damaged if used for starting or where High amperage is required, as in winching, reason being, I have been told, is that the lead plates in Deep Cycle batteries are thinner (to get more in I presume) and high amp draws can overheat and distort the plates, occasional short starts will not harm, but it is not recommended and will void battery warrantee, Regards Frank.

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