6V vs. 12V Ah equal?
I am lucky in that my TC has a flexible space for batteries. Currently I have a group 27 interstate marine/Rv battery that I believe has around 100 amp hours (cant find a published number but remember...
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smkettner wrote:BFL13 wrote:
Besides durability claims, the main diff I found was how easy it is to recharge 6s to 100% back home after a series of 50-90s in a row while camping off grid, compared with the agony of trying to get 27DC batts back to full.
I went with 6s and no more 27s for me! :)
Did you have the solar in full swing on the 27s?
This is where I will plug for the OP to think about getting some solar (~120w) as budget permits.
Fair point that with solar you don't usually do 50-90s but more like a bunch of 75-97s so it is less difficult to get to 100 afterwards-- perhaps.
However in winter here I don't bother with solar, so my 50-90s were no solar. It seems the 6s gas a lot more than the 27s did, which helps bring the SG right up. No- gassing 27s and agony with SG---never again! :(
Even now with lots of solar on the roof we have run into a string of dull rainy days or partly sunny days where solar just can't keep up.
No way to do the sunny days routine of getting near full every day. So out comes the gen and charger more like winter routine. Means the batts are going to need a run up to 100% as soon as possible and it will be a lot easier with those 6s than it would have been with the 27s.
