2 12 volt batterys or 2 6 volt
what gives me the most bang for my money. every other rig that I have bought always had 6 volt battery's but the new one has 2 12 volt. not sure what works better.
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red31 wrote:
... are thicker plates 'easier' to recover from neglect/abuse?
The 6-volter guys always bring up the "thicker plates" defense against the 12-volter guys.
Taken at face value this is seems to make sense, but it's actually a misleading defense. 6 volt batteries MUST HAVE and BETTER HAVE thicker plates if they're going to last as long as 12 volt batteries. That's because 6 volt batteries carry twice the current per cell as 12 volt batteries carry per cell.
The caveat in my statement above of course is "all other things being equal". The 6 volt versus 12 volt discussion is rarely comparing what it should be comparing ... 6 volt apples to 12 volt apples. For instance, what should be compared is 6 volt flooded deep cycle batteries to 12 volt flooded deep cycle batteries. :)
