House Batteries 6volt deep cycle

[rdmike]

What replacement brand do most of you use, quality and cost in consideration. Any special deals out there?

[rdmike]

enblethen wrote:
I would look at your converter. Post make and model. You could have inverter charger. See what you have!
I had battery issues for several years, then changed out the converter to a PD 9245. I stopped having battery issues.

OK, I will check.

[rdmike]

ArchHoagland wrote:
rdmike.....How much water have you added to them?

Well, when I bought the coach 3 years ago, the first year, did not add any (did not know better) and checked the 2nd year and they took alot of water. Then started watching and adding water regularly last season. I did notice of the 4 batteries, one was hot feeling at the end of the season. So through the unknowing part, I am sure I shortened the life.

[enblethen]

I would look at your converter. Post make and model. You could have inverter charger. See what you have!
I had battery issues for several years, then changed out the converter to a PD 9245. I stopped having battery issues.

[horizon36]

I have used the Interstate GC-2's and have gotten 4-5 years out of a set.

As Arch has said, are you keeping up with watering the batteries every month or sooner? Also, what are you doing for a maintenance charger on the house battery bank? Have you confirmed that your inverter/charger is working properly and is it a multi stage unit. If it's more of an entry level charging unit it may not multi stage or be working properly and could be cooking your batteries.

[ArchHoagland]

rdmike.....How much water have you added to them?

[rdmike]

Thanks all. I was surprized that they are shot. 4 Interstate batteries 3 years old. I keep in storage for 6 months. Plug in the coach (store enclosed at CG), wait 10 minutes, starts right up. Plug into shoreline at CG, come morning, chassis fully charged, but house batteries dead. 12 volt house lights flicker, EMS board flickers some when heater comes on and off etc. All leads to bad house batteries not charging....

[bluwtr49]

I've had great luck with Interstate...forget the model but 8-10 years of life has been good to me.

I did look at the Costco offering but the AH capacity was quite a bit less than the other deep cycls. I had a bit of a problem finding the AH capacity as it wasn't on the batteries but it turned out to be ~165 AH vs. the more normal 225 to 250.

[wa8yxm]

If you have the membership I'd go with Sam's
or if not Sam's Costco (I'd rather shop Costco)
Since I have neither I went with DEKA (only battery completly made in the USA or so they tell me). but Interstate and US Battery which incoluds most of the brands sold in the usa (with different paint jobs) are good too.

The Best.. There are some boitique brands, Small companies that make fantastic batteries where you will have a hard time finding a dealer,

But of the national brands.. TROJAN is considered the best.. Most expensive too.

[KD4UPL]

There's only a coupl makers of batteries in this country: Deka, Trojan, Johnson Controls, Exide, Rolls. That might be it.
Trojan is likely the best and most expensive. I've had excellent results with the 100s of Deka batteries I've installed over the years.

[RoyB]

A friend of mine always keep close contact with the golf cart guys.. Seems like most of rich golfers will just replace their golf cart batteries every year whether they need it or not... He rounds up all of the used 6VDC golf cart batteries he can find and runs his expert charge routines on them and usually comes up with several he can use for his camper... I got a couple from him one time and they worked great... The cost was FREE haha...

The golf carts sometimes use the 8VDC battery in their banks so have to be sure you are picking out the 6VDC batteries...

I am in the market for four each 12VDC Trojan Batteries T-1275s for my next battery bank upgrade. These are 150AH batteries and will each produce 12VDC @ 25Amps for 280 minutes (4.6 hours) two of course in parallel will give me 9.2 hours of use or 4.6 hours if I only run them down to 50% charge... 25AMPs is alot of DC current to use in one day/nite run off the batteries. One guy down in NC has found a source for them around $150 each new from a golf course place...

Some of the highest priced batteries I was aware of was the LIFELINE Sealed AGMs 12VDC at 255AHs for $650 each... Thats some serious dollars for me... Too much for this ole Southern Illinois Dirt Farmer...

Deals are out there... and I guess as the old saying goes... You get what you pay for...

Roy Ken

[KE6IRJ]

Duracell GC from Batteries Plus

[lj2654]

I bought T-105 Trojans at a local golf cart dealer in Florida for $87 each.

[golfman_1]

I bought my last four at Sams

[korbe]

donn0128 wrote:
.......... If you want an honest opinion, call your local golf cart dealer/supplier and ask what their using. Might even be able to get a bargain directly from them.

We purchased our current Trojan T-105's from a golf cart supplier. After searching around, they were the lowest price - for the specific Trojans that we were looking for.

[dstock50]

Unless you dry camp why spend the money ? most are the same with a different name and price.