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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Huntindog wrote:
pnichols wrote:
How does that help if you need one on the road?
You do know of course that AGM batteries can be shipped to your home after finding the lowest cost source on the Net ... no need to drive anywhere.
These are RVs... If and when something is needed, odds are you won't be home.
Availability IS an important factor for RV parts.... Home solar.... Not so much.:S
Tell me about it. 1,445 miles south of the border. Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, got gnus for you- they ain't near nothing. Oooooo Wal Mart Turn Left Just After Half Dome. Or is that in the Adirondacs? Central Park?
CAMPING hasn't changed. Not one molecule. It's a whole new set of people that would't have been caught dead camping 30-years ago. "Ah can't ride a horse. It ain't got a steering wheel or remote" "Which button do I press to light the campfire?"red31 wrote:
ain't the real question 1 12v vs 2 6 volt?
2x 12v according to the thread title.
Although we could be comparing 8D and L16 for all I know.- Yes, higher voltage is more efficient. Some here have done it.
But for me nowhere near worth the hassle to me. Series'ing the batteries is just a start. It gets very expensive. - Just asking. Would there ever be a time when it would be advantageous to have the ability of wiring the two 12 volt batteries in series to achieve 24 volts?
- does that mean many rv owners that are FHU campers need to buy an inverter to take advantage of the 2x12v? Do they need to stop abusing battery(ies)?
ain't the real question 1 12v vs 2 6 volt? 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 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."
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 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- Time to repeat this I guess...
I had ABC battery make up group 24 battery jars using golf car plates. Insanely heavy. 55 amp hours 180 CCA and badly acid starved. A failure. Withva correct acid ratio the performance would have been even poorer. Come to your own conclusions... pnichols wrote:
How does that help if you need one on the road?
You do know of course that AGM batteries can be shipped to your home after finding the lowest cost source on the Net ... no need to drive anywhere.
These are RVs... If and when something is needed, odds are you won't be home.
Availability IS an important factor for RV parts.... Home solar.... Not so much.:S- You do know of course that AGM batteries can be shipped to your home after finding the lowest cost source on the Net ... no need to drive anywhere.
pnichols wrote:
Huntindog wrote:
And yes compared to the easy availability of 6 volters, they are RARE.
Hmmmm .... I just drove down into town and picked up a couple of the Fullriver 12 volt deep cycle batteries from a solar equipment distributer. I drove no further than the local Walmart or Costco stores would have been.
I believe that Lifeline batteries may be fairly easy to locate, too.
Get real. Everyone knows where the Costcos, Walmarts, Sams clubs, Auto zones etc. are... And they are often in small towns as well.
But most everyone would have look up where to find the batteries you are touting.
Denying the obvious is futile.
