If you've been reading my stuff for any length of time you'll know I like to look inside things, cut them open and autopsy them. Batteries have not escaped my fascination with power tools.



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On the right we have a 235Ah GC2 6V golf cart battery. There are three cells in total and some nice room in the bottom of the case to catch any shed sulfate (think dead skin cells). The plate separators are a nice heavy rubber-like material. Batteries can occasionally short internally as shed sulfate piles up under the positive and negative plates. Once it builds up enough to touch we now have a cell that self discharges due to contact between a positive and negative plate.... The positive plates on this battery measured 0.121" or just shy of 1/8" thick.


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Here we have another re-branded sticker shop Group 24 "Deep Cycle" battery. This one is actually manufactured by Exide and sold as a "Marine Deep Cycle"... Sure, if you say so. (grin)





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