Advantage of metal jacket in PC1200?

[BuckBall]

Alrighty then, been talking with flyingwil about the Odyssey PC1200. Since I dislike troubling the guy with my thoughts, I'd figured to trouble the rest of ya lol. My question is, What is the advantage of having a metal jacket on the PC1200MJT? Is it there for protection or stability or something totally different?

[ntsqd]

Keeps the Aliens from stealing your battery power. :victory:

I don't know why it's there. I would be interested in such were I looking to put a battery in a place where it might see gravel occasionally sprayed at it.

[Tucson T4R]

I have both an Odessey 1700 and a 925, both with the metal jackets installed in my 4Runner. I have heard they help provide additional exterior support to limit potential swelling in the heat. I really don't know if that's a fact or was just somebody's opinion.

I personally like the idea just from an exterior physical protection standpoint. I have been running these for a while now and like them a lot.

This may come from my past experience with a cooling fan self destructing and throwing damaging debris everywhere on my past 90 4Runner. That incident punched a hole in my plastic battery. Not a concern anymore with the metal jacket.

[BuckBall]

Thanks for the quick replies...I never thought of stability, though could understand it being a protective device. I'll have to send an email out to odyssey and get the low down on that.

[Tucson T4R]

Good deal, post back up the facts when you get them. Inquiring minds want to know. If not, we just make somehting up that sounds good. :sombrero: