Well a few of you bring up some good points. Yes, I realize that the straight forward response is never going to be black and white but generally all I was hopping for was more cut and dry answers about why one battery type is better or worse than another. Especially since I only listed a couple battery options. Technicalities can completely distort a thread.....which is typical of most other like topic threads. Some people are super high tech and very involved and some are more basic and do only whats necessary. By the end of the pages and multiple replies you have nothing but personal conjecture and a bag of rocks, as everyone eventually parts ways unhappy..... Not terribly useful. Thus (I feel) the need for repeated questions asked.
But in regards to what I have and what I want. I thought I was kinda clear, except originally stating the actual batteries I have. By leaving out the details of some grandiose camping adventure and exotic electrical setup, I would think it would be more common to "ass"ume that the more atypical RV setup is what we're dealing with.
Nonetheless, I'm derailing my own thread here trying to defend myself and thats pointless.....
So to answer some recent questions and points, my load capacity is not all that great. Nothing out of the ordinary for a trailer out in the woods for a couple days. I have a generator but prefer not to use it unless I'm needing it for specific high amp loads over longer periods of time. But I dont use an invertor either since whats right,wrong,best,worse is a whole nother ball of wax I havent got time to deal with.
Solar is an option in the future but I prefer not to open that can of worms unless its pertinent to what batteries I do chose. Heck, I'm not even sure how to monitor my amperage usage to best understand what amount of solar would suffice.
I just simply have two 12 volt RV/marine batteries which have done OK for 5-6 years and I want to replace them with whatever will do better, if thats even possible. Yes, the original converter probably didnt do them much good but thats been rectified with a PD unit. Running out of battery juice in two days living off couple lights at night and running the water pump when needed is all the fun we get to have. Even running the heater is fairly infrequent when not plugged in because of the motor amperage draw. Camping in the snow, I've woken up to almost fully drained batteries from the heater running. So I installed a catalytic heater to help offset that problem.
Space is limited and so is money. I initially thought 6 volts were the way to go from all the other threads I've read but it seems maybe I missed something. Yes, I agree that the 12 volt 105 amp hr batteries seem "to good to be true" but those are actual "deep cell" and not RV/marine either. I've even tried checking with RV sales/repair places and the amount of info from those places is very limited. They simply have RV/marine batteries and say "Thats what everone uses".
So.....what else can I answer to better help you guys.
