New Batteries
I have (4) 6v Group 24 Interstate golf cart batteries (232 Ah) purchased in 2014 that seem to be getting tired and do not seem to come up to charge anymore. I am looking to replace them and am inte...
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I will run down the assorted battery types for your consideration
Group 24's are generally MARINE/deep cycle. really a starting battery and need to be charged around 75% Minimum.. If you go below that they age swiftly. Much below that and it's toast time.
GC-2. about the same "Footprint" but higher. These are 6 volt DEEP CYCLE batteries so where as your Group 24's are hooked total capacity about 300 AH of which you can use about 75
-12V+
-12V+
-12V+
-12V+
You hooke these up
-6b+-6v+
-6b+-6v+ And your total capacity is 220-260 (Depennding on which you buy) and you can use half (110-130) nearly doubling your usable power for the same price
One negative. You can get "Maintenance free" 24's but the GC2. are usually "Flooded wet" meaning you need to add distilled water from time to time.
AGM: is a special form of Maintenance free that can be mounted with regard to "This side up" You are more likely to find a Group 24 DEEP CYCLE in AGM however they are way more expensive and in my opinion no advantage to them in 99% of all installs (The rest the battery has to be mounted in an odd position) Great for Motor cycles.
LiFePo4 This is a new technology.. So it's still "emerging" and the price is dropping... It's very interesting...
Some companies say "Do not parallel" (Bioenno) others say "Go right ahead" (Battle born) This is due to the battery management modules that are or are not part of the battery.. I understand Battle born has a deal with Progressive Dynamics to make a converter specific to their batteries.
With LiFePO4 you can use over 90% of the stored power so
What's more while the Lead Acid batteries as the state of charge goes down the voltage goes down fairly swiftly
With LiFePO4 it hangs in there till the end. (Slight drop but nothing to worry about)
50% on lead acid my TS-2000 is not happy (100 watt ham transmitter) 25% on a LiFePO4 and it works fine
Now the downsides on the Lithium.
There is a slight danger of "Thermal runaway" (Fire) but the battery management systems usually prevent that.
They are expensive. though as I said the cost is going down
And do not perform well in COLD weather (though you can warm them a bit and they are good)
I have one SMALL one (like 12 AH IN truth that's close to the usable power in a Group 25) mine is the one they say "Do not parallel"
IF I ever get another RV I'm going Battle Born Lithium less somethign better happens.
Group 24's are generally MARINE/deep cycle. really a starting battery and need to be charged around 75% Minimum.. If you go below that they age swiftly. Much below that and it's toast time.
GC-2. about the same "Footprint" but higher. These are 6 volt DEEP CYCLE batteries so where as your Group 24's are hooked total capacity about 300 AH of which you can use about 75
-12V+
-12V+
-12V+
-12V+
You hooke these up
-6b+-6v+
-6b+-6v+ And your total capacity is 220-260 (Depennding on which you buy) and you can use half (110-130) nearly doubling your usable power for the same price
One negative. You can get "Maintenance free" 24's but the GC2. are usually "Flooded wet" meaning you need to add distilled water from time to time.
AGM: is a special form of Maintenance free that can be mounted with regard to "This side up" You are more likely to find a Group 24 DEEP CYCLE in AGM however they are way more expensive and in my opinion no advantage to them in 99% of all installs (The rest the battery has to be mounted in an odd position) Great for Motor cycles.
LiFePo4 This is a new technology.. So it's still "emerging" and the price is dropping... It's very interesting...
Some companies say "Do not parallel" (Bioenno) others say "Go right ahead" (Battle born) This is due to the battery management modules that are or are not part of the battery.. I understand Battle born has a deal with Progressive Dynamics to make a converter specific to their batteries.
With LiFePO4 you can use over 90% of the stored power so
What's more while the Lead Acid batteries as the state of charge goes down the voltage goes down fairly swiftly
With LiFePO4 it hangs in there till the end. (Slight drop but nothing to worry about)
50% on lead acid my TS-2000 is not happy (100 watt ham transmitter) 25% on a LiFePO4 and it works fine
Now the downsides on the Lithium.
There is a slight danger of "Thermal runaway" (Fire) but the battery management systems usually prevent that.
They are expensive. though as I said the cost is going down
And do not perform well in COLD weather (though you can warm them a bit and they are good)
I have one SMALL one (like 12 AH IN truth that's close to the usable power in a Group 25) mine is the one they say "Do not parallel"
IF I ever get another RV I'm going Battle Born Lithium less somethign better happens.
