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Old 01-07-2008, 11:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Here are some ballpark figures about deep cycling conventional starting batts: 30-150 cycles.

Golf cart (flooded lead acid) batteries are much more robust (fewer and thicker plates):

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For example, golf cart batteries will average 225 cycles at 80% DoD and increase to 750 cycles at 50% DoD. - source
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