BATTERY LIFESPAN survey...
Near impossible to recollect the number of discharge cycles So........ Anyone gone ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY BOONDOCKING DAYS on the same battery? Doesn't sound like much unti you figure out this m...
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I have well over 180 days on my two Sam Club 2 6 volt GC batteries. They are 8 years old. I dry camp 95% and have never gone below 50% SOC. Usually charge back up with alternator on the drive home and finish with the 40 amp B&D charger. When home I don't keep it plugged in but use the battery disconnect on the chassis and house batteries. When they get down to 80% or when I am ready to go camping again I will plug the converter in, an old Magnatech 950 which floats at 13.8 volts for several days. Don't watch TV or have a lot of battery draws other than lights and water pump and batteries last about 7 days to 50% SOC. I am out of water and clothes by then so I rarely use the genset to recharge just drive home or to next site. As another data point my first set of Trogan GC batteries only lasted 4 years when the died probably due to under charging. I hope Mex can summarize all this for us.
