Batteries - What do you use
Have a 32' 5th wheel - the dealier looked at me as though I was crazy when I made him add batteries when I bought it, configured for (1)12v upgraded to (4)12v in all. He did it with 4 Exide dual purp...
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RoamingGnomes wrote:
Have a 32' 5th wheel - the dealier looked at me as though I was crazy when I made him add batteries when I bought it, configured for (1)12v upgraded to (4)12v in all. He did it with 4 Exide dual purpose batteries. They're Ok for now.
Looking down the road at adding solar and extended boondocking, full timing in about 2-3 years.
Looking to change them out the batteries.
thinking about options...
just buy run of the mill deep cycle batteries and swap them out when necessary, or...
Look for a true deep cycle batteries as high a capacity that will fit my current batteries boxes.
Thinking about US or Trojan for the replacements
What do you use?
I went cheap, as that fits our needs. 2 6v golf cart batteries from Sam's replaced my 2 12v marine batteries; ~ $80 each. About 220 ah reserve gives me 3 days from full charge with "normal" usage. I have a 45w solar system that =almost= makes me power independent with judicious light use. No 110v use, obviously. I'd love to upgrade to a decent 100-200w solar system, but even a better charge controller would help me out with the 45w system. You just have to figure out how long you want to be off the grid and if you want/need generator backup to run the A/C.
Lyle
