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Surviver76
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Dec 13, 2017

Adding Second Battery to My Existing Solar System :::

Hi Guys, I am in a truck camper in Arizona and my original house battery is a 100AH AGM but it is old and very poor. I need to add a second battery but remember something about that the bad batt will...
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SteveAE
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Dec 13, 2017
Hey Morgan,

Like others have suggested, I feel that you would be better off replacing both at the same time.

But, if it will make you feel any better, tomorrow, I am replacing my four (seven year old) 6 volt golf cart batteries because of one lousy cell in one battery. Bummer, but I would rather have all the capability that I can get rather than drag around weight that not only isn't helping but is also loading the other three batteries down. Life in RV land I guess.

See you in a few weeks.

Steve

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