Nope, it didn't take out any other 6 batteries as they must have overpowered the bad battery. Only one failed when it was connected in line and I have a constant volt monitor meter and noticed the voltage had dropped close to one half volt for no apparent reason and then used my handheld VTVOM to find out why. Spun the positive side wingnut off and removed the cable and the second one I tested was at 7.2 V. Bingo! Just bypassed that battery with the parallel cable end and replaced it when home as we were on our way back anyway. The other failure was found when in the reconditioning cycle. My readout said it was shorted out internally and it sure was. Usually a shorted cell will be minimally shorted as in a partial short before it becomes a dead short. Must have caught in when it happened. It was 5 years old and would have been replaced within about a year anyway.
"That is like running a 100 amp engine alternator for over 4 hours per day!"
OR
A 250 amp of alternator for 1-1/2 hours. Our diesel engine uses approx 1 to 1-1/2 pints of diesel fuel per hour when idling at 800 RPM. 800 engine RPM's spin the twin alternators real fast due to the difference in pulley diameters. Charges like mad! You don't have the same engine though!
I have a question? What real good does it do to say you have cheap or free solar current for what when you have to run a generator anyway on propane or diesel or gas to run the A/C when in the hot blistering Sun or sweat to death when boondocking? No "currant bushes" (pun) to plug into to run the A/C on shorepower out there! The solar power needed to cool your TC electrically with an A/C unit would be huge and you'd have to always keep it clean of dust cover and god forbid if there's some high clouds. Under shade trees etc or a reflective fly type cover (like used over a tent) suspended a foot or so over your TC would provide some needed free shade to lower the inside heating.
I'm not against solar power at all, I've just notice what unintended issues it presents and how the users are visibly fooled into thinking it's utopia. You need to do what ever you think is best for your needs and solar is just another source with limited benefits just like a generator or an inverter or batteries. All require energy to operate and all have limits and costs attached. The only one that will do it all when boondocking is a generator/alternator but it comes with a noise level when running. Nothing is free because for free you get nothing!
