Starting Batteries (Engine only!)

[Gregg Kizer]

GROUP Question:

What batteries ("Deep Cycle" or "Regular Type/ with high CCA rating")
are best for "Start Engine/ assignment duty" would one go with when
replacing all three (3)battery units. It seems time has come to
replace out the three (3) engine batteries of which are presently a
Deep Cycle type (Wolverine Deep Cycle /brand of battery/ with
ThermOil Battery Technology) when aquiring this coach . My other
batteries (six Large Deep Cycle AGM) are AGM type for the "House
Service". I have a splite system battery set up for this '96 coach.

Does the various seating around of the coach while in storage (not
using coach, cold winter storage, etc...) warrant and best suit
the "Deep Cycle" type batteries vs the "Regular Type" for purpose of
starting my 60 Series Detroit engine??? This might be the reason for
the "Deep Cycle" type batteries on the "Engine" battery set-up that
is being used now.

Would the Sam's Club "COMMERCIAL" type battery (@ $87.24 per battery
cost)= "31A 12V @ 950 CCA" work just as well and replace them often
as needed or would one invest into the "AGM type Deep Cycle" type
batteries for the over all perforamce and longivity due to the
various storage assignments of the coach and various charging issues
(cyles, engine charging, shore power/inverter-charger, etc.)?????

It seems that Blue Bird has the engine battery bank charging
controled by owner (me!!) to regulate the amount of engine battery
bank charge while sitting (shore power or generator power) and not
runing the engine (travel time) by design...

NOTE: With price of fuel, I am sure all our batteries will be more
in a directed storage stage of life of our coaches....Just a thougt!

WHAT WOULD YOU GO WITH when needing replacements? I am sure
the "ThermOil Battery Technology" was applied to the batteries to
keep the corrision issue down in the battery compartment area vs. the
AGM type batteries as used in "House battery Service"...

Gregg Kizer
`96 WBSD `42
KB9BG (ham call)
New Castle, IN