That should pretty much put to rest any controversy about the technical
aspects of batteries and charging, separating, etc.

Now we can all make our choices in an informed manner.

Thanks Sam for the professional stats on Becket.

Mike

On 2/22/07 10:22 AM, "Sam Walters" <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> FWIW, the following are the qualifications of Becket Cantrell, who
> numerous posts on relay systems for batteries I uploaded to the Vanagon
> AT yahoogroups files section yesterday.
> 
> �I'm a double E [Electrical Engineer] with over 23 years of experience
> with all things electrical, . . . and  work for a company called Exide.
> We design and make all sorts of batteries, along with a lot of other
> nifty electrical gadgets.  We also make our own version of the Optima,
> called the Orbital. Nice battery, partially my baby.�
> 
> --
> Sam Walters
> 
> Baltimore, MD