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nayther
Mar 10, 2015Explorer
ddfuller wrote:
If I switched to dual 6V's how long would I have to keep a 14.2V charger going to top them off from half to full?
How do these chargers work.. If it's charging, will it fill two batteries as quick as it would fill 1 battery? essentially giving the trailer twice the available power in the same time.. (comparing a single vs dual battery sestup)
6V battery reccomendations? what specs should I look for? I we don't use a ton of power and want to keep cost down, and I don't want to run my generator very often if possible... so looking for good balance.
Thanks all.
It will take longer to "fill" the 2-6v batteries and there are a few factors that will affect the time, sorry can't be more specific. The charger will hit it with the 14.2 volts until the battery gets close to "full" then step down, that's why the last 10% seems to take forever; unless you have a really good charger/converter.
I had Trojan T105, seems to be the gold standard. But Costco sells the Everready brand and I've not heard bad things about them. Shop around, prices vary greatly, a friend just picked up two Trojan's for $85.00 each, great price but I don't know where.
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