Ideas for battery box?

[Jackfate]

Only have a group 24 battery and case that came with trailer ( 2016 OR light) Always ran 2 or more in the past . Wish the battery area was bigger 24-1/2"wide so only another 24 will fit without mods. In the past I've seem some custom/toolbox cases housing multi battery's . I have 2-2000 Hondas but some places seem to frown upon their use even though their allowed.
I hear 2/6volts are a good set up but don't want to drop that much$$$ this year.

I guess what I'm asking has anyone found an alternative to the standard boxes

[Jackfate]

sfpcservice wrote:
I run 2 Costco 6v Interstates, but you need a quality charge controller CLOSE to the batteries (Ours was 15' away by wire) or a quality stand alone automotive charger to charge these correctly. They are about $100 each and have served us well.

So then the charging system on my tt may be inadequate ? I'd estimate the distance at 15' also

[prichardson]

2 6V batteries wired is series become 1 12V battery therefore voltage characteristics are the same. Yes if one should go bad it will draw down the other; however, if you loose a cell on a 12V battery the same thing happens.

[Jackfate]

What is the actual voltage of 2 / 6 volt batteries ,as in fully charged and say 1/4 left ? Are they spot on equal to 12 volts batteries ? . There is a downside to running 2 battery's ( besides weight) get a bad one and it takes out the good one .

Thanks all

[Diesel_Camper]

I run 2 Costco 6v Interstates, but you need a quality charge controller CLOSE to the batteries (Ours was 15' away by wire) or a quality stand alone automotive charger to charge these correctly. They are about $100 each and have served us well.

[westend]

A 6 volt battery has the same footprint as a Grp 24, they are taller. If you can fit another Grp 24, buy two 6V batteries instead of the single 24.

[csamayfield55x]

That helps, 2 plans.

1 get a couple of pieces of angle iron and put the batteries right behind the propane tanks. Use the angle iron for to box them in with and use plastic battery boxes. You may be able to move your propane tanks forward a little too to give you some room.

Second is to use a couple of vented boxes inside the storage area in the front. They sell a box that is vented with a hose. You would need to drill a hole in the side and vent it out but it isn't too hard.

If you are going to all this trouble and need more capacity 2 6 volt batteries are the way to go. Much more capacity than 2 series 24's and the size is not too much larger than 24's. THey are taller though so make sure and do your measurements

Chris

[Jackfate]

274RLS

[csamayfield55x]

My battery compartment in the front of my OR has room for 2 series 24 batteries. It also has a second compartment on the passenger side for a second set of batteries.

What model do you have??

Chris

[mbopp]

I'm running dual G29 batteries end to end. But - I welded up a custom frame out of angle iron that bolts on top of the tongue frame over the original battery rails.