Replaced ProSine 2.0 w/Magnum MS2012

[Joel Weiss]

Dave:

I bought my Magnum directly from Amazon during a brief period when it was selling them at a price well below standard retail.  However, from what I can tell Magnum must have tightened things up and the last time I checked Amazon the devices were only available from Amazon Marketplace vendors (not from Amazon directly) and the prices were the same to the penny.

Joel

[Gerald Farris]

Dave the answer to you question about house batteries is cost. The sealed batteries are AGM (absorbed glass mat) batteries and they cost about twice as much as lead/acid batteries. The AGM batteries are a little more efficient in recharging and they may save you a few minutes of generator time, but on average they do not last longer than a good lead/acid battery. So if it is worth $600 to you to not worry about watering your batteries and controlling the corrosion, get AGM batteries. Otherwise get lead/acid batteries and spend the money elsewhere.  

Gerald

[Edward Buker]

Dave,

It is simply and issue of cost. If it is deep cycle and sealed it is likely an AGM or a variant of that technology which is expensive. so some will find it worth the expense and some will go out and water their garden of batteries.

Later Ed

[Dave Cunningham]

Thanks guys ,Ihadnt looked into the cost yet, I only need four for this unit, so I'll see what kind of price I can wrangle out of my local battery guy, but if it's $200.00 per battery, I think I will just throw a little water in them occasionally

[Joel Ashley]

Consider the Kirkland 6v deep cycles at Costco.