BFL13 wrote:
You could have just 2 sixes for 230AH if you can get by with that and more solar. You could have 2 sixes and one 29 and only have to do extra fuss with the one 29.
Hey B,
Thanks for weighing in.
Yeah, you guessed it. I'm looking at the Duracell version of the Deka GC15s from Batteries Plus. They've agreed to honor the 10% online discount in-store. So just over $130 a piece.
The house and Xantrex Freedom 458 have their own cables. So the Freedom will connect to the back pair and the coach to the front. Makes for easy isolation of one system from the other. And, of course there will be a couple of parallel cables between the 2 pairs.
I barely have the height, but it's there... including cables. The problem is... the tray doesn't come out far enough. It's a bit of an issue even for the current 27s. I have to photograph the electrolyte of the battery furthest back with the iPhone in order to inspect. But it will be worse with the GC2s.
Thanks to time2roll for the idea. I just ran across
this. So maybe I could let go of my OCD and resign myself with being happy to just fill the cells on occasion and call it an inspection. Of course... after a long boondock sesh, I'll probably still want to dip the hydrometer.
I have but 240W of portable solar panels, but the rig does have a killer generator and a 100A, 3-stage charger plus equalizing mode. Would be nice to sleep soundly with the heater running... knowing I have 230 Ah to play with before the bank hits 50%.
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