House Battery Life
Hi All, My 2 - 6 volt, deep cycle golf cart house batteries just died after only 3 & 1/2 years. Bought at Sam's June 2011. We live in our MH full time and almost always plugged into 30 amp powe...
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red31 wrote:
I thought the whole ideas of 2 GC was to have enough capacity so ya don't heavily discharge a single 12v. Note the OP does not ALWAYS stayed plugged in. I assume full timers use plenty of power when they happen to be off grid.
Anyone care to suggest how much capacity the OP needs for one day with 2hr gen run time limit? how 'bout 2 or 3 days?
Most full timers are better equipped to handle their power needs when off-grid. Solar is very popular, along with the on-board Genny. You would be surprised how much 12 volt power is consumed when the appliances, CPAP's, furnace, lights, frig etc are in use. I use two six volts (210 amps) but try not to let my system get below 12.2 & that doesn't take all that much before starting the generator. I dry camp only & am very frugal with power usage. At 12.2, it takes about 3-4 hours to get my batts back up to near capacity & that's with a portable charger, connected to my generator with NO load on the batteries. My converter is useless for charging (Magyjunk).
