Battery Life and Low Temps

pianotuna wrote:
Hi Mena,

I'm pretty happy with my Magnum Hybrid inverter/charger.

You most definitely have state of the art PT! :) Just giving an example to the OP.

pnichols wrote:
Mena,

Did you peruse the Victron site enough to checkout their battery datasheets?

Some of their Gel batteries have a 20 year life at reasonable temperatures, and 5 years in extreme temperatures!

I have! Impressive! Even considered them for a minute but read they are finicky to maintain. I was SOOO close to having a set of LI batts. Just couldn't make the dollar per capacity happen (I would've had to get a single, pretty small battery). Phil, I had a spreadsheet of batteries with capacities and sizes, Peukert calculator, RV energy audit, and how many days to 50% and 40% DOD. Can you say anal? I can! LOL!