battery suggestions?

RasMouSein wrote:
Well first thing first, people talk a lot about battery and have yet visited a specialized battery store. I visited mine and they had plenty of option and deals.
Mine are Crown quite satisfied.
Cr-215 , they are proper deep cycle, industrial quality.
https://www.solar-electric.com/lib/wind-sun/Crown-CR-215-specs.pdf

That's a great setup but overkill for the OP.

We have the original TT battery it is going on five years old. When traveling we have discovered that our battery lasts about two or three days. Since we rarely camp off grid this is usually sufficient.

The very few time we have intentionally been off grid for three to five days, I bring my trolling motor battery or if it is an unexpected stay, I simply gained another night by hooking up the jumper cables to the truck and TT battery and ran the TV for 15 or 20 minutes. The 7 pin connection does not charge as fast.

In answer to your question, what ever deep discharge battery your TT manual recommend is one that will do the job.

As mentioned if you plan any extended off grid, that is a whole difference story and battery power becomes a serious concern.

RVers do get caught off guard once in while, so you have too improvise like the rest of us.

Go to Sams club and get the $178 group 31 AGM battery.

Why?
You don’t sound like the maintenance type of person if you don’t know 12 volts and trailers
You won’t have to check the water or remove the battery to do so
Won’t wave to worry about corrosion of the posts
Less self discharge when sitting
Faster recharge rate
Made in USA by a quality company
Vibration resistant
Etc

Warehouse clubs like Sam's or Costco typically have the cheapest prices on batteries. Walmart has good prices also. Any group 24, 27, or 31 marine battery will work fine for your needs. If you occasionally overnight while not connected to 120v then the few extra amp hours you get from the bigger group 31 comes in handy. I wouldn't bother going to 6v.

A single group 27 'deep cycle' from costco or walmart is fine.

12v runs:
water pump
lights
furnace fan, controls, igniter
Fridge controls, light, and propane igniter
water heater propane igniter
radio if equipped
range vent fan
bathroom vent fan
slide
Electric tongue jack if equipped
Emergency brake system
Thermostat for A/C and furnace
Propane detector
Possibly CO detector and smoke detector
tv antenna booster
other accessories as equiped

Just the one time hahaha

That is some heavy battery at 120 lbs. Wouldn't want to be lugging those in and out of my trailer too often.

Well first thing first, people talk a lot about battery and have yet visited a specialized battery store. I visited mine and they had plenty of option and deals.
Mine are Crown quite satisfied.
Cr-215 , they are proper deep cycle, industrial quality.
https://www.solar-electric.com/lib/wind-sun/Crown-CR-215-specs.pdf

RasMouSein wrote:

westend wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:

theoldwizard1 wrote:
If you camp away from power, even for only a night, I highly recommend two 6V golf cart batteries. The hold much more power than any one 12V battery and are not that expensive.

The OP already said - " I wont be going off the grid with it", in which case a single garden variety Group 24 12 volt flooded marine / RV battery he can buy anywhere would serve his purposes just fine, no need for him to spend any more $$$ even if you would. :R

I'm going to go with the oldwizard1 on this. I believe two GC2 6V's are an upgrade to a single hybrid 12V.

Yes, the single 12V will most likely serve as a decent power source for emergency braking, using a hitch, slides, and limited lighting. Thereafter, to be connected to shore power or recharged by generator.
However, there may be times for more 12V use or insufficient charging takes place. The pair of 6V's will offer more reserve and are much more durable than a hybrid 12V. I think some of that transfers to $$ efficiency and ROI of battery power.

The OP should also be informed not to store his new RV with the battery connected. Some install a disconnect switch or remove a battery cable. If not, the parasitic draws of the circuit boards and alarms will draw down the battery to "dead", within about a week (depends on RV's devices and size of battery, temperatures).

You guys!! hahah
6v vs 12v hahah, plenty of deep cycle 12v out there. I got 2 12v, that could be considered way better than your golf cart battery hehe
Just saying

That's quite the 2x12v deep cycle batteries, 430AH, you have in your TT. What make and model are they?

You an expert on golf, Ras?