falconman515 wrote:
donn0128 wrote:
No. Do not run them below 50% or you run the risk of shortening their life. Two 6 volt batteries equals one large 12 volt battery. Think of that way and you'll be fine.
So the reason I made the move to 6V batteries was to get more AH and life in the hopes of making through an entire weekend without having to charge (I will be doing nothing but boondocking and I won;t be able to charge most of the time).
More then likely I will be running these batteries down to about dead to make it through a weekend ... I need all the juice I can get out of them to make it a couple days.
So there will be no way I can only use 50% of the battery and then that be it ... I need all of it to make it a couple days.
Obviously this can be done but I guess what you are saying is that lessens the life of the batteries doing that (I guess that will just have to be the case though cause I will be draining them down to nothing by week end).
Maybe you will need 4 or even 6 batteries then.
I run mine down to 12.2 then recharge using the generator.
Maybe you need to get a gen. Many use the Honda 2000 because it is quiet compared to others.
Jerry
