Subject	Well, for the same size battery
Posted by	BobbyT on July 06, 2009 at 2:38 AM
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In Reply To	So the higher the CCA rating posted by CaliguyPurdue (redesigning) on July 06, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Message	Current is proportional to surface area. Higher surface area with the same size/capacity battery generally means thinner plates, so easier to damage with discharge. But you could just increase the size of the battery with the same thickness plates (just wider/taller or more of them), and get more CA/CCA with the same discharge properties. Like swapping your 35 series for a 24f, which is what I did.
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