DEKA 8v/195

[ageless]

Deka is no longer offering the 8v/195 so when you have one that's 2 years old and it explodes you'll have to replace the entire bank, what a crock of chit

 

[ageless]

Before everyone asks, I am in the process of replacing the floor below the batteries and had a situation where I had to move it to a neighbors slip to get my seawall cap poured. Hit the start button and BOOM. Polarity was correct, charger was recently serviced, batteries serviced 3 weeks ago, this one needed no water then

 

[cww]

In another thread rsmith told me that Trojan started making 8v195’s when dekke dropped them. Check with a trojan dealer.

 

[Briankinley2004]

Not to be a pot stirrer but 4 GC-8's will start your 12-71's, are easy to find and all four will cost less than one 8v-195. If you are in a bind just letting you know as I have 12-71's and GC8's due to "supply chain issues" last year. Also heard of people making an 8 battery bank with GC-8s by having two banks of 4 in parallel but I didn't have to do that. I am in Florida and it is warm.

 

[oscarvan]

It's that hydrogen thing.....

 

[Captain Ralph]

It's that hydrogen thing.....

Yep, one spark inside or close to a gassing battery.
Think of a bad connection arcing under a high current load. Looks like a spark plug firing in a combustible environment. BANG.. The whole top peels open and blows off.

 

[carolinacoast]

I converted these 4 years ago and very happy.
https://www.trojanbattery.com/product/t-875/
Call DC battery and they will give you their CCA data, that is not posted. These are the only 8vGC that they sell for our boats. I think they spin faster than the 195s they replaced. requires new cables.
They will drop ship, if you want to make it easy.
They sent a set to a friend who was in the bahamas!

 

[ageless]

I converted these 4 years ago and very happy.https://www.trojanbattery.com/product/t-875/Call DC battery and they will give you their CCA data, that is not posted. These are the only 8vGC that they sell for our boats. I think they spin faster than the 195s they replaced. requires new cables.They will drop ship, if you want to make it easy.They sent a set to a friend who was in the bahamas!

These are exactly the way I think I’m going

 

[drburke]

These are exactly the way I think I’m going

FYI, I ordered a set of those in Aug 21, with a tentative delivery around November, which they missed.

My seller (BatterySystems) said Trojan output was pre-booked well into 2022 due to contractural obligations, so I had to switch to USBattery GC.

DAN

 

[ageless]

FYI, I ordered a set of those in Aug 21, with a tentative delivery around November, which they missed.My seller (BatterySystems) said Trojan output was pre-booked well into 2022 due to contractural obligations, so I had to switch to USBattery GC.DAN

Exactly what I’m finding, happy with the US batteries?