Batteries: Interstate vs Duracell/Deka
After lots of great advice from a previous post I'm going to replace the original battery that came with my TT with two 6V golf cart batteries. Sam's Club has the Duracell brand made by Deka in PA,...
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Regarding achieving max SG, I found it weird that SG did not change accepting 40AH over 15 hours.
Put it down to new battery weirdness.
They were both 1.275 or above yesterday when I installed them.
I do not have a carbon pile load tester. Was not going to move an inverter to put 800 watts of load on them. Did put 19 amps of air compressor on them. Voltage held was 12.26. Not impressive as my 500+ deep cycle Single 90AH AGM will still retain more voltage then this under this same load.
They weighed in at exactly 58 Lbs each, same as the trojan t-605.
The t-105 weighs 62 Lbs, the T-105RE weighs 67.
The battery owner is a battery murderer as he simply does not care to know what a battery wants to remain happy. These GC-2s were 16$ or more cheaper each than the wally world 27's, and easily fit in the tray.
All battery connections got all new tinned Ancor ring terminals hydraulically crimped on. The factory crimps were in horrid condition with open ended corrosion. One 2awg 'parallel' cable I used as a series cable for the 19 amp air compressor test, was 20 degrees hotter at the crimp than the rest of the cable, which was 5 degrees hotter than the battery lid.
Wonder what the Batteries+ Deka 89$ GC-2s weigh. These would have required a longer drive and cost 6$ more than the Costco interstates gc-2s.
Put it down to new battery weirdness.
They were both 1.275 or above yesterday when I installed them.
I do not have a carbon pile load tester. Was not going to move an inverter to put 800 watts of load on them. Did put 19 amps of air compressor on them. Voltage held was 12.26. Not impressive as my 500+ deep cycle Single 90AH AGM will still retain more voltage then this under this same load.
They weighed in at exactly 58 Lbs each, same as the trojan t-605.
The t-105 weighs 62 Lbs, the T-105RE weighs 67.
The battery owner is a battery murderer as he simply does not care to know what a battery wants to remain happy. These GC-2s were 16$ or more cheaper each than the wally world 27's, and easily fit in the tray.
All battery connections got all new tinned Ancor ring terminals hydraulically crimped on. The factory crimps were in horrid condition with open ended corrosion. One 2awg 'parallel' cable I used as a series cable for the 19 amp air compressor test, was 20 degrees hotter at the crimp than the rest of the cable, which was 5 degrees hotter than the battery lid.
Wonder what the Batteries+ Deka 89$ GC-2s weigh. These would have required a longer drive and cost 6$ more than the Costco interstates gc-2s.
