12v to 6v review?
Currently have 2-12v 7ear old batteries that appear to be getting weak. Am thinking of replacing with 2-6v GC batteries (or maybe 4). Anyone have experience or real world review of moving to t...
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JimK-NY wrote:mr_andyj wrote:
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Nonsense? No. Good advice, but go do an easy forum search as there are many post on this same topic and easy easy to find with a few keystrokes....
I am still trying to locate some facts and studies, not just opinions. Forum searches have not been any better. Instead I have seen even more myths, fallacies and unfounded opinions.
Yup that is true you would have only 235ah in a two 6-sixer set up. But you'd only have 200ah in two-12er set up and they both have the same "safe draw down to 50%". The weight is about the same, the sixers being about 2 pounds heavier. The 12's will take up more space as their foot print is a little larger. There is some talk that 12's are better with heavy draw from an inverter, but I don't really care about that as I don't use an inverter. The other thing about using 6's vs 12's is, if the average person went "down town" to buy batteries the chances of getting true deep cycle 12's aren't nearly as good as getting true deep cycle 6's. For me, 6's are the way to go. For others, maybe not.........
