Dry camping, battery idea?
We're scheduled to pick up our brand new Keystone Premier Bullet 19FBPR in early May. I'm pretty excited, but we'll be dry camping for two weeks and I have a couple questions regarding battery life. ...
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After re-reading 96Tony's opening post I personally would :
Ask the dealer how much I was paying for ONE or TWO batteries in my new TT .
The local dealers here will deliver a new trailer with one battery unless it is specifically written in the purchase order that 2 will be on the trailer .
I would ask for a credit for the purchase price of the batteries that the dealer intends to install .
I would purchase either two brand new GC2 6 volt batteries or two brand new exide edge agm marine/rv batteries a few days ahead and plan on hooking them up myself .
It is so much cheaper to install big capacity high grade batteries at the outset , rather than having that double expense later .
The GC2 or EDGE AGM batteries will not be drawn down in percentage as much as the garden variety / cheapest cost battery that the dealer is selling .
The edge agm battery takes a charge faster , has less draw down in use , and a longer life span the a conventional rv battery
I paid $ 140 each at BiMart for my Edge AGM .
GC2 conventionals are cheaper than that , I think .
I replaced my duramax batteries with edge agm and they charge faster for my Jumper Cable to the trailer practice .
We do not require a genny or solar .
Just good batteries and # 2 AWG jumper cables .
It is cheaper to do it in the beginning .
Ask the dealer how much I was paying for ONE or TWO batteries in my new TT .
The local dealers here will deliver a new trailer with one battery unless it is specifically written in the purchase order that 2 will be on the trailer .
I would ask for a credit for the purchase price of the batteries that the dealer intends to install .
I would purchase either two brand new GC2 6 volt batteries or two brand new exide edge agm marine/rv batteries a few days ahead and plan on hooking them up myself .
It is so much cheaper to install big capacity high grade batteries at the outset , rather than having that double expense later .
The GC2 or EDGE AGM batteries will not be drawn down in percentage as much as the garden variety / cheapest cost battery that the dealer is selling .
The edge agm battery takes a charge faster , has less draw down in use , and a longer life span the a conventional rv battery
I paid $ 140 each at BiMart for my Edge AGM .
GC2 conventionals are cheaper than that , I think .
I replaced my duramax batteries with edge agm and they charge faster for my Jumper Cable to the trailer practice .
We do not require a genny or solar .
Just good batteries and # 2 AWG jumper cables .
It is cheaper to do it in the beginning .
