battery recommendation
I was planning to upgrade to two 6 volt interstate batteries. In talking with a local interstate dealer, he threw out the option of purchasing one large 12 Volt battery. He said the SRM-4D 12 volt is ...
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jgrimes wrote:
He said the SRM-4D 12 volt is comparable to the two sixes and a little less expensive. Anybody have experience with this larger 12 volt battery? Is this a
I am fond of saying there are no six volt batteries in an RV.. what you have is a 12 volt battery broken into two halves for ease in handling.
And I might add, that battery is an Group 4D Deep cycle,
I do not know if the SRM is a "Multi-Duty" (Marine/Deep cycle) or not but will check Yup it is.. I do not, as a rule, like this type of battery, I prefer a TRUE DEEP CYCLE such as a golf car battery.
But on paper the major difference is the weight This battery has the same capacity (Amp hours) as the GC-2s I have in my motor home. It is thus Twice the weight of one of those batteries.
I'm over six feet tall, over 300 pounds and routine lift 200 pound plus loads like some folks do a 20 pound load.
I was able to take the two 220 amp hour batteries OUT of my motor home with no problems (You slide them off the tray and lower them from below) but I was unable to lift the new 230 amp hour DEKA batteries off the ground when lying on my back. Standing no problem but not when lying on the ground under the RV.. Thankfully the store employee was able to lift it.
Consider this weight issue.
