eXodus
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Yeah, I was thinking sometimes along those lines.5500w? I'm guessing about a 11hp engine. I just replaced the 6 year old battery in my 18hp lawn mower. On sale, the new battery was $20. Why not just buy a lawn mower starter battery? beats possibly harming something expensive.
Rural King Lawn and Garden Battery - U1L XT
** Please Note ** The price of the battery does NOT include the core charge. To avoid additional core charge fee, please return your old battery when picking up a new one. The core charge fee will apply if the old battery is not returned at the time of the sale of the new battery.
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But it's not $20 but $45 bucks. still a lot cheaper I agree. So then I got the issue that my RV has a single stage converter (charger) which puts out 13.7V
That thing is very likely killing my lead batteries. But would be ideal to float a lithium battery.
Same goes for build quality, I am going to guess the internals are way up there in robustness, I would love to see a teardown. You are right though not sure if its worth it at double the price not without more long term data on how they hold up, thats what sold me on spending nearly 2x a normal AGM was there well known reputation for lasting a very long time, if I purchased now I would most likely go with a Chins/Ampertime or equivalent.
Will did a Chins Teardown.