Deep Cycle and Starting Batteries
The cold crank amps are the capacity for amps maintained per 30 seconds at zero degrees wile maintaining approx 7 volts min.
The reserve capacity is how long a battery can continuously discharge at a rate of 25 amps at 80 degrees with a voltage of at least 10.5 amps (with no alternator charging it)
Deep Cyle batteries are batteries with a high RC compared to the CCA and starting batteries are vice versa
I think Blue top means a marine battery that is probably a deep cycle?
Starting batteries are good for providing a high CCA for a short time
Deep Cycles are good for running things like winches and maybe auxillary floodlighting lighting and so on
High CCA does not mean you will force extra amperage through and damage something. The amperage that flows depends on the resistance in the circuit
for 12 volts
(approx)
1.8 ohms will give you 6.6 amps in the circuit
.18 ohms will give you 66 amps
.018 will give you 666 amps
The resistance in the start circuit controls the flow --It is this principle that allows that 660 CCA battery to also power the radio without frying it--makes sense? The radio has much higher resistance.
A short to ground is when resistance to ground drops to nothing or very low and amps free flow at a rate as high as the source can supply ---this results in letting the smoke out of the wires
totally discharging a start battery over and over will ruin it but a deep cycle can handle it, Think sprinter and endurance runner
and finally,
a heckler, huh?
This is funny

