Planning to swap out my 2 year old GC2 batteries (Interstate brand) for 2 six volt AGM Lifelines (220 Amp Hour bank). I dry camp several times a year for a few days and want to extend my electrical capacity. I don’t have solar panels but will break up the dry camping with nights in a campground to recharge, and also run the generator a little.I got great service out of a Lifeline AGM bank in a previous rig. My rig is equipped with a “smart” charging system.Do you think it is worth $1,000 to make this upgrade?Thanks

A grand for two batteries? Aren't they around 300 each? Yeah, AGMs are always worth it to stop watering and corrosion and gassing.

wildwoodrver wrote:Planning to swap out my 2 year old GC2 batteries (Interstate brand) for 2 six volt AGM Lifelines (220 Amp Hour bank). I dry camp several times a year for a few days and want to extend my electrical capacity. I don’t have solar panels but will break up the dry camping with nights in a campground to recharge, and also run the generator a little.I got great service out of a Lifeline AGM bank in a previous rig. My rig is equipped with a “smart” charging system.Do you think it is worth $1,000 to make this upgrade?ThanksNo. A thousand times no.Just get two more 6s and go series/parallel.

Unless one of your two year old wet cell batteries is bad, or unless you're just tired of maintaining water levels in them, I see no benefit at this time to replace them with AGMs, which will merely provide similar capacity. Also, $1000. for two Lifeline GPL-4CT AGM batteries of similar capacity as the GC2 wet cell size is outrageous. They can be had for ~ $325- 350. each at many places.

he must be buying those $1000. at CW.

Lifeline is not the only top quality AGM battery out there.We have a couple of these Group 31 12V Deep Cycle AGM batteries right under the step in our Class C @ 115 amp hours each. Used all over the world, they're almost as heavy as Lifeline Group 31s, and they have a long warranty.I bought ours in San Jose, CA at a distributor for around $310 each, for a total of 230 amp hours: http://www.fullriverbattery.com/product/batteries/DC115-12

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Ed_Gee
Explorer II
Aug 14, 2018
Unless one of your two year old wet cell batteries is bad, or unless you're just tired of maintaining water levels in them, I see no benefit at this time to replace them with AGMs, which will merely provide similar capacity. Also, $1000. for two Lifeline GPL-4CT AGM batteries of similar capacity as the GC2 wet cell size is outrageous. They can be had for ~ $325- 350. each at many places.
BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 14, 2018
wildwoodrver wrote:
Planning to swap out my 2 year old GC2 batteries (Interstate brand) for 2 six volt AGM Lifelines (220 Amp Hour bank). I dry camp several times a year for a few days and want to extend my electrical capacity. I don’t have solar panels but will break up the dry camping with nights in a campground to recharge, and also run the generator a little.
I got great service out of a Lifeline AGM bank in a previous rig.

My rig is equipped with a “smart” charging system.

Do you think it is worth $1,000 to make this upgrade?

Thanks

No. A thousand times no.

Just get two more 6s and go series/parallel.
2oldman
Explorer II
Aug 14, 2018
A grand for two batteries? Aren't they around 300 each? Yeah, AGMs are always worth it to stop watering and corrosion and gassing.

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