Large toy haulers stock batteries

Golden_HVAC wrote:

harold1946 wrote:

lincster wrote:
6 Volts. Only way to go. 2 of them will be night and day difference over 12 Volts.
Costco or Sams Club.

Please explain your reasoning.

The pair of 6 volt batteries will last much longer. My 12 volts are now 11 years old and going strong. They have the ability to hold much more water, are much less likely to overheat while being discharged at 75 amps, or charged at 50 amps per hour.

If you wanted to lift in a 130 pound battery, then the 8D battery is for you. Personally I can barely lift the 67 pound Trojan T-105 batteries, not the ones twice as heavy in one package.
My 8-Ds' are 158 lb. AGMs. They have only been lifted once, when they were installed. I have never had the need to lift them.

Others might recommend a AGM battery (absorbed glass mat) or other style battery. However the old lead acid battery is the lowest cost per KW of storage, and offers a reasonable life if you keep them full of water, and recharge them shortly after you discharge them. [COLOR=]I am not talking about cost. Lincster said 6 volts were better than 12s and I asked for his reasoning. Nothing more.


Lithium Ion batteries like used in car battery packs are still extremely expensive, and might fail after a short time if not taken care of properly. [COLOR=]I believe that is true of any battery. Where is the savings if one is replacing golf cart batteries every two years because of lack of maintenance.

A 20 KW battery pack found in the Ford Focus electric car is about $8,500, while you can get the same capacity with 20 golf cart batteries at $85 each with lead acid batteries. About 20% of the cost. Yet the 20 batteries at 67 pounds each would weigh in around 1,340 pounds, not the lightweight 600 - 700 pounds of the Lithium ion battery pack.