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Blazing_Zippers
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Jan 11, 2019

Walmart deep cycle battery

I don't want to start a keyboard war here, but I have a battery question.
Have any on here used Walmart EverStart marine and rv batteries? I looked at the 27DC model. It has the words 750 MCA written on the side.
Thanks....
  • Per my conversation with one of the technical people at Johnson controls who make the EverStart batteries for Walmart the 27DC battery is a true deep cycle battery. For some reason Walmart wanted the cold cranking specification added to the information on the battery so Johnson Controls put it on there. During my conversation the same person told me that the Everstart 27MS was the marine starting hybrid battery.

    This is the same for the group 24 and the group 32 batteries. If it has DC in the battery number it is a true deep cycle battery. If it has MS in the battery number then it is a marine starting hybrid battery. Unless they lied and are making the same identical battery and putting DC on one and MS on the other.
  • Batteries designed to start a motor and to provide deep discharges for the RV house do neither well.
  • Blazing,

    That is a hybrid battery and cycle depth is only about 25% for long life.

    If you always go to powered campsites it will work ok. But for boondocking it is pretty much a "feather weight".

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