2 12 volt batterys or 2 6 volt

SoundGuy wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:
This being the case it therefore stands to reason that equipping a trailer with dual 6 volt deep cycle batteries is highly overrated as most My mistake... I thought that when you said "most" you were referring to others... Turns out it was about you. owners would rarely if ever fully take advantage of what those 6 volts have to offer and would be just as well served, if not better served, with a pair of 12 volt versions offering similar AH capacity.

Huntindog wrote:
According to your logic, most people would be even better served with the smallest, cheapest SINGLE12 volt they can find.

If you are allways on FHUs, then 2 batteries of ANY type are a waste of money.

Nice try at distorting the meaning of my post but I also clearly said earlier on Page 2 of this discussion ...

"FWIW, I'm in the latter group as we typically only dry camp either because campground power has failed for one reason or another OR there aren't any electric sites available. During those occasions I do expect to still power a few appliances in our camper using my 1000 watt inverter so the ability of the battery bank to sustain heavy but brief loads is far more important to me than the ability to sustain deep discharging over many cycles."
Honestly, I did not go back and read page two.. That was history. I was responding to what I thought you were saying obout others.. Turns out it was about you.

My point is that although many may claim to dry camp the reality is that many, many more RVrs than not will choose to camp on an electric site and only don't when circumstances force the situation. AND as I clearly indicated in my earlier post I'm one myself who in that same situation would still like to use a few of our 120 vac appliances - e.g. toaster, coffee machine, etc - a case in which one would be in fact better served by a pair of 12 volt batteries that are better able than 6 volt batts to sustain heavy but brief loads imposed by an inverter My mistatake again... You were talking about your specific needs to power an inverter.. I thought you were referring to others... Turns out it was about you.but which would rarely see deep and repeated discharge ... and obviously 2 G31s would be far better suited to this task than a single G24. Regardless of how much you may try to distort what I've actually said my view is that many, many RV owners would in fact be better served by a pair of 12 volt batteries than a pair of 6 volt chosen simply because so-called "experts" on the forums falsely repeat ad nauseam on these forums that 6 volt batteries are "always better". Nope - not "always". :R