Just upgraded to 6 volt
I have two Trojan T105+ deep cycles that I replaced my old 12 volt boat batteries with. Series wired, off course. I suspect I'll have more amp hours now. Question; should I do any maintenance on t...
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pnichols wrote:I was thinking of the short, where that failing battery quickly takes down the other one. Also, there's no more risk in having one 6v die than there is in having a 12v battery die. And if you lose 1 of your 12s you're probably going to the battery store soon anyway. And you shouldn't be running your batteries into the ground in the first place!
unless one old dying member of two old 12s dies as a near SHORT - instead of a near OPEN (as is probably the most likely case) - you still have one old 12 left supplying some 12 volt power ... unlike with one old dying member of two old 6s.
If you're actually *planning* on running your batteries until they die, then yes, get 12s.
All this is moot anyway as the risk is SO small, and choosing 12 over 6 because of it is ignoring the 99.9% of the time how you'll be using them. Sorta like not going camping because you may get in a wreck.
