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Griff_in_Fairba
Jul 12, 2017Explorer III
Maya.215 wrote:
Yes I'm going to get me a better charger Friday and I will look into getting a deep cycle battery Friday as well the battery I have now was pretty pricy for a battery so im going use it till it's dead lol but will have that deep cycle battery ready when it is time. Do u think that the battery would be to much to run off of the altinator if I were to hook it up to my rv battery so the house battery stays 100% while we are driving till we stop?
There's ways of doing this without creating more problems than solutions. For now, I'd keep the coach and engine systems separate and just use a charger/maintainer for the coach/house battery.
BTW, the 6v deep cycle batteries used in forklifts are a good, reliable option for coach/house battery bank. A pair, wired in series (plus to minus) yields the 12v you need. (Supply and demand tends to keep the prices down versus 12v deep cycle batteries,)
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