RayW,

Thanks for the links, they did teach me stuff I didn't know. The part about deep cycle batteries not reaching their full potential until being cycled ~10 times was new to me. I assumed like most things each time they're run they come back weaker.

I may be a chemist, but like most scientists 80% of what I know is very specialized. If you need to know the absorption characteritics of quaternary amines onto high-chrome steels I'm the guy you want. But if you are trapped on a tropical island with a sailor, a rich older couple, and two babes then maybe I'm not...huh...actually, count me in on that!
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-Blast