Beaver Patriot house batteries
Need some help here. Our 2008 Beaver Patriot Thunder has out lived it's 4-6v Lifeline batteries. Time for a replacement. The Lifelines are a huge capacity (400 a/h) each. We boondock 6 to 8 hrs...
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If the compartment is not ventilated, stay with AGM's. Or, modify it to vent.
If you modify it to vent, the Trojan or Crown Wet Cells will save you some money, and also provide you with a good quality battery. They make L16 in wet. As I recall the Trojan wet L16 is yielding 440A, so you jump from 800AH bank to 880AH bank. (Don't recall the Crown L16 AH rating.)
If you wanted to sacrifice a some AHs, then the mentioned Trojan T125, or it's bigger brother the T145, would fit in the same floor space as the L16's. The T145 are 260AH, so you'd drop down to 520AH's.
How old are your Lifeline L16's? If not too old, a call to Lifeline Tech Support would be appropriate. The mentioned Deep Recovery cycle might bring the bank back to life for a bit longer. Lifeline is a stand up company, and work well with mere mortal RV'er's who are not necessarily the most knowledgable about all this stuff. (I know, as they helped me tremendously while working some issues with my bank of X's L16's.)
Final comment. I'm in the camp that believe having some extra capacity in the house bank is a form of insurance.
Best to you,
Smitty
If you modify it to vent, the Trojan or Crown Wet Cells will save you some money, and also provide you with a good quality battery. They make L16 in wet. As I recall the Trojan wet L16 is yielding 440A, so you jump from 800AH bank to 880AH bank. (Don't recall the Crown L16 AH rating.)
If you wanted to sacrifice a some AHs, then the mentioned Trojan T125, or it's bigger brother the T145, would fit in the same floor space as the L16's. The T145 are 260AH, so you'd drop down to 520AH's.
How old are your Lifeline L16's? If not too old, a call to Lifeline Tech Support would be appropriate. The mentioned Deep Recovery cycle might bring the bank back to life for a bit longer. Lifeline is a stand up company, and work well with mere mortal RV'er's who are not necessarily the most knowledgable about all this stuff. (I know, as they helped me tremendously while working some issues with my bank of X's L16's.)
Final comment. I'm in the camp that believe having some extra capacity in the house bank is a form of insurance.
Best to you,
Smitty
