House battery recommendations.............
Ok, wanting to put in a reliable, RV house battery in used RV just purchased. Has a single marine/RV type battery you'd get from AutoZone or similar outlet. I have upgraded to BattleBorn Lithiums ...
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You get what you pay for. The less expensive Costco 6 volt batteries do not last as long as Trojans. Yes Trjoans expensive, but how long do you plan to own your rig? They are built with larger plates. Sold my first TT with 10 year old Trojans T125's still going strong. So it was a no brainer for me to do the same with our 5th wheel and added two more
We do 5 one week long dry camps during the summer and just finished our 5th week. With 4 Trojan t125's we run the fan all night to keep cool. Watch tv, charge phones, lights, water pump etc. never an issue. We added solar an now rarely use a generator so we went down a size and now carry a honda 2000 instead of the 3000. One less thing to do running a generator.
Lithium are still to expensive but once they come down in price maybe the next rig. In order to keep you flooded wet cell batteries like the Trojans or Costco is you should try never to drain them down more than 50%. That's the magic number.
Hope this helps.
Happy Trails
We do 5 one week long dry camps during the summer and just finished our 5th week. With 4 Trojan t125's we run the fan all night to keep cool. Watch tv, charge phones, lights, water pump etc. never an issue. We added solar an now rarely use a generator so we went down a size and now carry a honda 2000 instead of the 3000. One less thing to do running a generator.
Lithium are still to expensive but once they come down in price maybe the next rig. In order to keep you flooded wet cell batteries like the Trojans or Costco is you should try never to drain them down more than 50%. That's the magic number.
Hope this helps.
Happy Trails
