6 volt vs 12 volt batteries for boondocking
Hi all, While waiting for our new 28' Stealth toy hauler we're trying to figure out the best batteries to get for when we're back in the hills camped off the grid. We ordered the optional 200 watt ...
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Mex, my T-1275s were originally in a golf car. The golf car shop had either four 12v T-1275s for 48v or else six 8v batts for 48v per car.
They had some sort of tester, so that when the battery bank could no longer do 100 minutes, they retired those batteries. The ones I got (two years old in 2013) were supposedly good for 86 minutes. They sold those kind at a discount, and those batts with lower minutes like 70 were junked.
I see in this article, that the standard for one game is 30 minutes, but I cannot match up what they are saying in this article with what the golf car shop I was at said (as above) for the 100 minutes minimum.
http://masekgolfcars.com/battery-discharge-ratings-for-golf-car-batteries/
I know about RC rates and AH rates. Anyway, it is all very mysterious, since my T-1275s which were good to 86 minutes also tested out as approx. 86% when I did my initial 20ah rate test. (After some work I got them to 90% as reported back then. They are now back to about 86% again from four years in my Rv usage. I am very pleased with these batts for my operating style.)
Anyway, I can't quite figure out what those golf car guys actually use as a discharge rate per battery or whatever, since the 30 minutes a game doesn't seem to fit the 100 minutes minimum "my" shop uses.
Maybe for an all-day run? Three games at 30 min each is 90 minutes? Is three games a day reasonable? ( I am not a golfer)
They had some sort of tester, so that when the battery bank could no longer do 100 minutes, they retired those batteries. The ones I got (two years old in 2013) were supposedly good for 86 minutes. They sold those kind at a discount, and those batts with lower minutes like 70 were junked.
I see in this article, that the standard for one game is 30 minutes, but I cannot match up what they are saying in this article with what the golf car shop I was at said (as above) for the 100 minutes minimum.
http://masekgolfcars.com/battery-discharge-ratings-for-golf-car-batteries/
I know about RC rates and AH rates. Anyway, it is all very mysterious, since my T-1275s which were good to 86 minutes also tested out as approx. 86% when I did my initial 20ah rate test. (After some work I got them to 90% as reported back then. They are now back to about 86% again from four years in my Rv usage. I am very pleased with these batts for my operating style.)
Anyway, I can't quite figure out what those golf car guys actually use as a discharge rate per battery or whatever, since the 30 minutes a game doesn't seem to fit the 100 minutes minimum "my" shop uses.
Maybe for an all-day run? Three games at 30 min each is 90 minutes? Is three games a day reasonable? ( I am not a golfer)
