Best Truck Camper AGM battery?
I have been using just cheap regular batteries for my RV needs and they have lasted me fine for the money..My truck camper only can take one battery in the compartment provided by Lance... I want t...
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jaycocreek wrote:
So,one lithium is equal to two AGM's in power available?....Lots of people going to lithium batteries but two lithium batteries for $1500+ is not in my budget..The restrictions posed by lithium batteries doesn't work well in this area and the winter weather we get...
There are still some good batteries under or around $200 if a person looks hard.
Yes, agm and flooded may have a rating of 100ah but you can only burn that battery down to 50% without damaging them. So your usable ah of 2 agm batteries is 100ah. Lithium can basically be burned to 0 and the bms will disconnect it.
All batteries suffer in cold weather, there are charging temp limits but you can take a lithium pretty cold. I just insulated the exterior section of the battery box and vented the box to the living quarters to keep it warmer. In a TC i don't think keeping the battery warm is a big deal, I camped at Tucson this past fall down to 28*.
A couple selling points for me was it's ability to charge at .5c all the way to 100%. I dry camp on solar mostly, the battery is generally at 50% in the morning from my compressor fridge. It'll recover by 12-2 depending on harvest. It also shaved 120lbs off the rig, and everything dc works better at the higher operating voltage of lithium.
