Perhaps Capacity is Not King
I don't want to derail the current "charging AGM batteries" thread more than I already have. During the course of that thread I was shopping for AGM batteries, trying to determine which ones could ...
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landyacht318 wrote:
So I'm thinking capacity is not king.
JUDAS!!!
That's BLASPHEMY you speak!!!
No, high capacity is definitely not for everyone. There is already lots of good and accurate info on this thread, but I'll simply add...
capacity is still king... for those of us without solar who prefer to run our generators as little as possible. Or, like BFL who are heavy users (not like other Canucks currently in the headlines) and park at campgrounds with stiff generator time restrictions.
My... albeit... old, but light parasitic-drawing rig can go a week before 50% is reached, with 2 hours of TV/DVD per day and all day music; this on 3-G27, flooded batteries. My LEDs don't hurt, though.
The Onan in my rig is, pretty much used only for A/C during the warm summers. I have to run it monthly, simply to exercise it.
Ahhhh, the peace and quiet.
The only other time I need it is when camping with a friend with a newer rig, no genny and a single G27.
