Battery Swap
We will be getting our new to us Keystone Everest tomorrow and one of the things the dealer found and corrected was that the two group 34 AGM batteries were bad so he replaced them with one group 27 d...
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Go & have those AGMs independently checked. Charge them & load test them. AGMs should have a lifespan of at least 8 years. Wet cells, deep cycle or otherwise, typically ony 3-4 years.
The AGM is worth well over double the wet cell. I swapped out 2 group 24 wet cells for a single AGM 4D. Fewer battery connections to cause problems. No dealing with maintenance either. Yeah, that 4D cost something like $400 but I won't be thinking about it for many years to come.
Not saying that the dealer is trying to do you over but AGMs trump wet cells any day of the week & the ones you have, or had, may have simply been in a discharged state, from which AGMs recover far better than wet cells.
Another suspicion. Never heard of group 34 case size. Group 24, 27, 31, 4D & 8D but not 34. Not in 12V.
The AGM is worth well over double the wet cell. I swapped out 2 group 24 wet cells for a single AGM 4D. Fewer battery connections to cause problems. No dealing with maintenance either. Yeah, that 4D cost something like $400 but I won't be thinking about it for many years to come.
Not saying that the dealer is trying to do you over but AGMs trump wet cells any day of the week & the ones you have, or had, may have simply been in a discharged state, from which AGMs recover far better than wet cells.
Another suspicion. Never heard of group 34 case size. Group 24, 27, 31, 4D & 8D but not 34. Not in 12V.
