Battery Size (replacing)
I need to replace my RV battery. It is a 24DC model. I know that does not mean 24 volts DC. I see a 24DC battery I can get but there is also a 27DC that has more MCA (not sure what that means but I a...
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Campinfan wrote:
Thanks for all the info. I do not know a lot about the different types of batteries. I think Gritdog may be right about cooking off my battery because this is now my third battery in 6 years. I have heard about AGM and then the one called LiFEPO4 but know nothing about them. I will look into them. I have heard a lot about using 6 volt batteries so I will explore that route too. Keep the info coming. I appreciate it.
If you're getting 6 years out of a battery, that is considered normal, people like me who got 14 years out of a set of batteries did so by sizing the bank to maintain very shallow discharge levels, using true deep cells, and higher quality chargers that come in most RV's. of your normally discharging the batteries over 50% then 6 years is good. in all honesty mine probably should have been changed out at 12 years but we were only using the 5th wheel for plugged in camping the last couple of those years, so I put it off a bit. They still worked good I could just tell some of the capacity was missing.
