New House Batteries

corvettekent wrote:

lj2654 wrote:
I just replaced my '4' house batteries with Trojan T 105's at $87 each.

Where did you find Trojan T 105's at $87 each?

Yeah that's a good price... I was quoted $105/each and that's a good price...

If you can't find Trojans, Deka makes a good 6v golf cart battery. You can get them at Auto Value stores , NAPA batteries in my part of the country are also made by Deka.

I have 2- 6 volt Duracell Deep Cycle Golf Cart batteries. I think they were about 103 dollars apiece but, I may be a few bucks off on price.

Two 6 volt from the local golf cart place two years ago. Cost $110/ea and are working fine. Six month warranty, so what.

Costco Interstates...bought 6 a few months back $80ish :)

The low cost GC2 are just 208 amp hour lite versions.
You will pay more for the real 232 amp hour.

I have a similar question/situation

I just bought a 2016 Jayco Seismic Wave 310 with a generator that came with 1 battery, but they say you can put 6 in the battery area. It would be 2 rows of 3, not 100% sure best way to put in a 2nd row since there isn't 2 level shelves.

This is the battery: http://www.atbatt.com/interstate-srm-27-12v-deep-cycle-marine-rv-battery.asp

Would you stick with this battery and just get more of them, if so how many would you recommend?

If i didn't go with the exact same Interstate battery, what specs should I stick with on the other batteries to keep from causing any problems?

I'm just looking for advice on what batteries to add and how many. I would use them as a backup to the generator and short periods of time when I don't fire up the generator, unless it's better to just fire up the generator even for short periods of use.

If cost is not an object Trojan is generally accepted as the best... Though there are some "Botique" brands that might be better, they are very hard to find.

If Cost is an object Sam's Club has the best bang for your buck.
Costco, comes in second but some folks prefer to shop there for political reasons I'll not go into here.

Interstate is good

DEKA is US made, from Lead smelted in teh USA. which is why I have 'em.

simple274 wrote:
Instead of having two 6 volts can I replace with 1 12 volt or 2 12 volt batteries????

Yes, but I don't know why you would. True deep cycle 12 volt flooded batteries are unicorns. They may be out there but I've yet to see one in person. A true deep cycle battery will last longer than the hybrid 12 volt ones that are most commonly installed in RVs (those "marine/RV batteries".

Dakzuki wrote:
True deep cycle 12 volt flooded batteries are unicorns. They may be out there but I've yet to see one in person.

There's several 12 volt deep cycle batteries available. Here's some from Rolls Surrette - both liquid acid and dry acid (AGM) models:

http://www.solar-electric.com/batteries-meters-accessories/batteries/suprdecyba.html

Looking strictly for AGM 12 volt deep cycle batteries, many models are available from such manufacturers as Fullriver, Interstate, Lifeline, Trojan, etc..