# and Type of house batteries
I have a 2019 Jayco 22' C Class. is it better to have one group 27 battery or two group 24s?
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Hi pnichols,
You could be right in that it was simply a failure to one lead acid cell, creating the same issue with both pairs of batteries.
Our rig locates the battery compartment just forward of the rear axle. It could be that might jar the batteries more than a typical motor home. But our rig is an E350 with suspension upgrades. I have always considered the quality of ride fairly decent. Who really knows the cause for an assumed cell gone bad with both pairs?
Don't worry about me torching our motor home with excess batteries. Now that I switched to two 6V AGM batteries, I am very satisfied, and my wife Irene is too. I did have to make a slight modification to the battery compartment SEEN HERE, eliminating the raised ball-bearing roll-out battery tray to gain height clearance for the taller 6Vs. The 12V tray dimensions didn't fit the 6V size anyway so it was no great sacrifice.
If you are the least bit curious what I did to make the switch from 12V to 6V, CLICK HERE to read and see some pictures. The installation of 6Vs made it so that I would have to disconnect them and remove them individually to check fluid levels. That was another primary reason for going with AGMs.....install them and forget about them until it's time to replace them.
You could be right in that it was simply a failure to one lead acid cell, creating the same issue with both pairs of batteries.
Our rig locates the battery compartment just forward of the rear axle. It could be that might jar the batteries more than a typical motor home. But our rig is an E350 with suspension upgrades. I have always considered the quality of ride fairly decent. Who really knows the cause for an assumed cell gone bad with both pairs?
Don't worry about me torching our motor home with excess batteries. Now that I switched to two 6V AGM batteries, I am very satisfied, and my wife Irene is too. I did have to make a slight modification to the battery compartment SEEN HERE, eliminating the raised ball-bearing roll-out battery tray to gain height clearance for the taller 6Vs. The 12V tray dimensions didn't fit the 6V size anyway so it was no great sacrifice.
If you are the least bit curious what I did to make the switch from 12V to 6V, CLICK HERE to read and see some pictures. The installation of 6Vs made it so that I would have to disconnect them and remove them individually to check fluid levels. That was another primary reason for going with AGMs.....install them and forget about them until it's time to replace them.
