Re: Newbie battery advice
Since you?re talking about AGM batteries and chargers, and knowing Diehard Platinum Marine batteries are made by Odyssey, I thought I?d share this link to a interesting document from Odyssey if you are not familiar with it. The document linked shows a list of ?approved? portable chargers and on-board marine environment chargers:
http://www.odysseybattery.com/documents/ODYSSEYapproved12VchargersJanuary2013.pdf
I am a big AGM convert from the deep cycle lead-acid batteries. I have used the Sears version of the battery and currently have three of the Odyssey versions on my new boat; both versions have given great service.
The document helped/influenced/confirmed my buying decision in an on-board charger for my new boat. I bought a Dual Pro Professional Series 3 Bank charger from Pro Charging Systems. They were on my list due to past experience of one of their chargers on my previous boat, but was glad to see it was on the ?approved? list. I also know that Pro Charging Systems have a very close relationship with Odyssey (I would imagine most/all on the list do) to keep up to date and ahead of the battery technology curve. I also installed their ?Charge on the Run? Series that allows the alternator to send a charge to the lowest charged battery after the starting battery is charged first (the other two batteries power my 24 volt trolling motor). I have not had to ?land line? the battery charger as much.
Just throwing it out there.
