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05-04-2007, 09:21 PM
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Specs (for the 5 battery bank):
450 Amp-Hours @ C/20 rate / 875 minutes Reserve Capacity @ 25A draw
Specs (for one battery):
- Mfg. = Johnson Controls, Inc. (Whitelabel AutoCraft)
- BCI Group (size, general spec) = 27
- Chemistry = standard lead acid
- Design = wet, serviceable.
- Class = Hybrid Deep Cycle (sponge lead plates on the order of 3x standard starting battery thickness, although not solid lead like a true deep cycle, as the additional surface area of the 'sponge' landscape provides starting amperage).
- CCA = 575 (marine cranking cycle duration = 1/2 automotive cranking cycle duration... realistic CCA in automotive terms ~ 400).
- RC = 175 minutes (at 25 amp constant load)
- AH = 90 @ C/20 rate (20 hr. discharge rate, ~82 @ 5 hr., per J.C.I.)
- Part No. = 27DC2
- Vendor = Parts America (Advance Auto, Checker, Kragen, Murray's)
- Cost = Pitifully cheap at $ 55 each, although terminals and fuse holders weren't. I had a mile of 1/0 laying around, so that was 'cheap as free'. Total out of pocket for the project (includes all batteries, materials to build rack and hold down means, and everything else) was around $450 with tax and all that jazz. Including materials from previous 1 to 2 battery conversion... that was likely another $250 (not including batteries).
- List Price = $ 72 (U.S.D.) each.
- Estimated Practical Cost = $ 1,850 (if you add up all batteries, all cable, all wire terminals, all fuse holders, all fuses, all rack materials, all materials to secure BCI 27 batteries in stock OEM BCI 65 underhood racks, zip-ties, electrical tape, heat rated wire loom, and other goodies). Admittedly, some of the job was already done, as I had converted to a 2 battery setup when I bought the truck a couple years ago. Estimated Cost is to go from single to 5, in one shot. Isn't it good to know people?
http://blog.spinellicreations.com/upload/batt_02.jpg
http://blog.spinellicreations.com/upload/batt_03.jpg
http://blog.spinellicreations.com/upload/batt_04.jpg
http://blog.spinellicreations.com/upload/batt_05.jpg
http://blog.spinellicreations.com/upload/batt_06.jpg
Specs (for the 5 battery bank):
450 Amp-Hours @ C/20 rate / 875 minutes Reserve Capacity @ 25A draw
Specs (for one battery):
- Mfg. = Johnson Controls, Inc. (Whitelabel AutoCraft)
- BCI Group (size, general spec) = 27
- Chemistry = standard lead acid
- Design = wet, serviceable.
- Class = Hybrid Deep Cycle (sponge lead plates on the order of 3x standard starting battery thickness, although not solid lead like a true deep cycle, as the additional surface area of the 'sponge' landscape provides starting amperage).
- CCA = 575 (marine cranking cycle duration = 1/2 automotive cranking cycle duration... realistic CCA in automotive terms ~ 400).
- RC = 175 minutes (at 25 amp constant load)
- AH = 90 @ C/20 rate (20 hr. discharge rate, ~82 @ 5 hr., per J.C.I.)
- Part No. = 27DC2
- Vendor = Parts America (Advance Auto, Checker, Kragen, Murray's)
- Cost = Pitifully cheap at $ 55 each, although terminals and fuse holders weren't. I had a mile of 1/0 laying around, so that was 'cheap as free'. Total out of pocket for the project (includes all batteries, materials to build rack and hold down means, and everything else) was around $450 with tax and all that jazz. Including materials from previous 1 to 2 battery conversion... that was likely another $250 (not including batteries).
- List Price = $ 72 (U.S.D.) each.
- Estimated Practical Cost = $ 1,850 (if you add up all batteries, all cable, all wire terminals, all fuse holders, all fuses, all rack materials, all materials to secure BCI 27 batteries in stock OEM BCI 65 underhood racks, zip-ties, electrical tape, heat rated wire loom, and other goodies). Admittedly, some of the job was already done, as I had converted to a 2 battery setup when I bought the truck a couple years ago. Estimated Cost is to go from single to 5, in one shot. Isn't it good to know people?