Now I am confused.
Hmmm. My previous post I ask about getting another Apex battery and mounting it in parallel with my 5 year old Apex battery that's still going strong. For my record, I photographed the specs when I bought it. The specs were
Model APX12220 12V, 22AH, 420CCA sealed lead acid AGM.
Now fast forward to today. Apparently Apex Battery has been taken over by battery sharks. No big deal. They carry the exact same battery the APX12220. Looking at their specs sheet now one thing is missing... the CCA.
I talked to them and they tell me it's a deep cycle battery for electric vehicles like wheel chairs or golf carts. Not for starting an engine and that's why there's no CCA listed.
I looked at my installed battery and it's exactly the same as battery sharks have. So, I guess it never did have that 420CCA which was listed on the original site.
I googled it to see if I could use a deep cycle battery to start an engine and the information I get is yes and no. Battery will not last but not unsafe that I can find. Some sites said the alternator won't charge it fully either. Interesting because every time I've ever put a voltmeter on it I get 12.8 volts across the terminals. My alternators voltage output is always 13.9-14 volts.
I've had this APEX in the plane for 5 years and it's OUTPERFORMED BY FAR the two Odysseys PC680's I had before and is still going strong.
So, I'm interested in others thoughts on this. Is it ok?