UPG 250 amp hour agm batteries
I just finished up my residential refer install with inverter. I have two 75 amp hour batteries that will suffice for now. But this worked so great and I had so much fun with it, I started searching ...
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Very interesting stuff folks. I have another question. So lets say I get a smaller agm battery. Lets say a 100 amp hour. Because it is a agm I can lay it on its side right by my inverter (which by the way is a prowatt sw2000 pure sine wave) run two extremely short (less than a foot) 1/0 cables and connect directly to my converter. I also don't have to worry about venting because it is a agm. I will still have my other two vented interstates also connected to my inverter with separate cables. My question here is what is the downside of doing this. I all ready know it will bring down the life of the agm because it is newer than my smaller 75 amp batteries.
So will it be a catastrophic effect on the agm or will it be just somewhat shorter life.
Is there a problem with this set up not being in parallel with the other two batteries.
Would you trust the agm right next to the inverter unvented.
I have a 60 amp P/D converter charger, new last year. It is suppose to work fine with both agm and normal wet cell batteries. But will there be a problem with charging the batteries not in parallel.
Now please keep in mind my camper does not get much use. The max is about a month a year and usually we have hookups. I think solar is way cool but using that setup is way down the road for us as we use a Honda 3000 generator now for charging and AC. We don't plan on changing unless after we retire when our camper or future camper will get a lot more use. So keeping that info in mind and the fact that I am willing to let the newer battery take a reasonable hit in lifespan is what I suggest practical.
So will it be a catastrophic effect on the agm or will it be just somewhat shorter life.
Is there a problem with this set up not being in parallel with the other two batteries.
Would you trust the agm right next to the inverter unvented.
I have a 60 amp P/D converter charger, new last year. It is suppose to work fine with both agm and normal wet cell batteries. But will there be a problem with charging the batteries not in parallel.
Now please keep in mind my camper does not get much use. The max is about a month a year and usually we have hookups. I think solar is way cool but using that setup is way down the road for us as we use a Honda 3000 generator now for charging and AC. We don't plan on changing unless after we retire when our camper or future camper will get a lot more use. So keeping that info in mind and the fact that I am willing to let the newer battery take a reasonable hit in lifespan is what I suggest practical.
