Converting 12 volt coach batteries to 6 volt
I have a 2000 Tiffin Zephyr. It has 4 deep cycle 12 volt batteries that power the coach. The batteries need to be replaced. I have heard that using 6 volt batteries is a more efficient and economic...
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Generally speaking the advantages of six volt pairs (Each pair is one BIG 12 volt battery) are as follows:
LOW COST.. The six volt Golf Car size battery is very popular and thus Golf courses buy them by the pallet load... This means the cost of production is lower per unit due to not so much retooling being done on the lines.. You save times mark ups which are getting larger all the time.
DEEP CYCLE: MOST 12 volt "Deep Cycle" are really Marine/Deep cycle (Though you can get true deep cycle) and frankly.. I would avoid the dual purpose ones as they do not like a 50 percent state of charge.. My True DEEP CYCLE batteries have gone to fifty many times, and much lower several times in their 8.5 year life.. They are now in need of replacement, but they have lasted a long time.
Finally: IN an rv once installedk there are no six volt batteries, only 12.. Here is why
What you have (Single battery only shown(
-{Battery}+
What you will have with six volt pairs
-{Bat}t{ery}+ The "T" in the middle is a jumper wire.
In both cases.
-{12v}+
One more thing: You said you have 4 12 volt batteries now.. G-24, 27, 28, 31, 4D, 8D, Many other sizes, you did not say
4 GC-2's hold more power than the group 24,27 or 28 Slightly less than the31's and each pair is somewhere between a 4D and an 8D.
What I'm saying is "12 volt battery" is not enough information
12 volt Size Group ____ (with blank filled in) is needed.
LOW COST.. The six volt Golf Car size battery is very popular and thus Golf courses buy them by the pallet load... This means the cost of production is lower per unit due to not so much retooling being done on the lines.. You save times mark ups which are getting larger all the time.
DEEP CYCLE: MOST 12 volt "Deep Cycle" are really Marine/Deep cycle (Though you can get true deep cycle) and frankly.. I would avoid the dual purpose ones as they do not like a 50 percent state of charge.. My True DEEP CYCLE batteries have gone to fifty many times, and much lower several times in their 8.5 year life.. They are now in need of replacement, but they have lasted a long time.
Finally: IN an rv once installedk there are no six volt batteries, only 12.. Here is why
What you have (Single battery only shown(
-{Battery}+
What you will have with six volt pairs
-{Bat}t{ery}+ The "T" in the middle is a jumper wire.
In both cases.
-{12v}+
One more thing: You said you have 4 12 volt batteries now.. G-24, 27, 28, 31, 4D, 8D, Many other sizes, you did not say
4 GC-2's hold more power than the group 24,27 or 28 Slightly less than the31's and each pair is somewhere between a 4D and an 8D.
What I'm saying is "12 volt battery" is not enough information
12 volt Size Group ____ (with blank filled in) is needed.
