Educate me on 12 volt batteries
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I'm with parcany. I carry one 12v battery and a spare. If the battery in use dies or gets too low, I swap 'em out. This is a "belt and suspenders" approach. With two 6v batteries, you've got more capacity, but only as long as both batteries are healthy!
But there is a catch to my method -- this limits me, of course, to the capacity of one 12v. Since these are group 31 batteries, that's a total of 110 amp hours per battery, which means I can only use half of that without overtaxing the battery.
This system works if you are an energy miser (like me) or you have solar (which I do) or recharge with a generator (which I almost never do) or recharge at an RV park (which I do from time to time, especially if we have to do laundry).
But there is a catch to my method -- this limits me, of course, to the capacity of one 12v. Since these are group 31 batteries, that's a total of 110 amp hours per battery, which means I can only use half of that without overtaxing the battery.
This system works if you are an energy miser (like me) or you have solar (which I do) or recharge with a generator (which I almost never do) or recharge at an RV park (which I do from time to time, especially if we have to do laundry).
