Dual battery set-up using chassis battery
Has anyone incorporated their truck's OEM 12v battery with their camper's battery(ies)? I'm brainstorming a way to do this and would appreciate some input. I'm thinking that if I run large (1/0g) ...
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The car batteries not taking some discharge is a myth IMHO.
20+ years ago I was buying deep-cycle/marine batteries for my RV and they did come with 3 years warranty, promptly dying after 3 years.
At the same time car batteries from Costco come with 100 months warranty, so this is what I started to use in RV and even I might lost the count, they did last at least close to 100 months.
Golf cart batteries were the only from deep-cycle that gave me good service.
Coming back to using truck batteries for camping, I have no problem to use them and discharge them if I can easy recharge them next day with generator.
Obviously when you need to drive following morning, you better don't touch them.
20+ years ago I was buying deep-cycle/marine batteries for my RV and they did come with 3 years warranty, promptly dying after 3 years.
At the same time car batteries from Costco come with 100 months warranty, so this is what I started to use in RV and even I might lost the count, they did last at least close to 100 months.
Golf cart batteries were the only from deep-cycle that gave me good service.
Coming back to using truck batteries for camping, I have no problem to use them and discharge them if I can easy recharge them next day with generator.
Obviously when you need to drive following morning, you better don't touch them.
