Need new batteries. Any advice?
New here, howdy ya'll.. got a new to me travel trailer, 26ft, and am need of new batteries. there are 2 in the front, looked to be wired together. It currently has 2 old interstate deep cycle batt...
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Veebyes wrote:dodge guy wrote:
Since you need to buy batteries, I would go with 2 6V AGM golf cart batteries. They will last far longer than FLA and need virtually no maintenance!
IMO the way to go if you are the camper who wants no stress over dry camping from time to time. The AGMs withstand a deeper discharge than the wet cells & have a useable life span far longer than the wet cell.
Doesn't really matter how you get those AHs. Rather than 2 6V AGMs requiring the potential weak link of the cable between them, we have use a single 4D case sized AGM providing about the same AHs as 2 6Vs.
It is one heavy brute but has served well. Our first one provided nine years of service. We are four years into our second.
Yep, my first one was in my Excursion, 9 years old when I sold the Ex and was still good. I too may just go with 3 true deep-cycle 12V AGM’s when the current wet cells are done. We don’t boondock, but I do sometimes stop for a few hours and would like not to worry about anything. And when we head out west I want to boondock in and around southern AZ, at that time I’ll also have 400W of solar.
