?? 6 or 12 VOLT BATTERY ??
Should I go with 6 volt or 12 volt batteries? Either way I will be converting battery power to AC power via an inverter. Which voltage is better?
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When we bought our Sportsmobile last summer it came with two very dead group 27 12v batts wired in parallel, so I replaced them with the same. Didn't have time to research this stuff - we had camping to do immediately! One of them went bad recently so I had both replaced under warranty about a week ago.
Since last summer, I researched and thought about 6v in series. If you dry camp a lot as we do and one battery fails, you're stuck without power, as I understand it. If one 12v batt dies you still have one left. And replacement 12v batteries would be way easier to find in rural areas. We always carry our Honda EU2000 since we don't have an on-board genny, so we can always recharge off that...unless we run out of gas.
Either way, plan is to have 200w of solar soon. Looking at the flexible panel "boat kit" system from Renogy.
Any flaws in my logic?
Since last summer, I researched and thought about 6v in series. If you dry camp a lot as we do and one battery fails, you're stuck without power, as I understand it. If one 12v batt dies you still have one left. And replacement 12v batteries would be way easier to find in rural areas. We always carry our Honda EU2000 since we don't have an on-board genny, so we can always recharge off that...unless we run out of gas.
Either way, plan is to have 200w of solar soon. Looking at the flexible panel "boat kit" system from Renogy.
Any flaws in my logic?
