Choice of Batteries - Which Would You Choose?
Need expert advise from those that know batteries best. I have an 05 PW Excel that has room for just one 12v house battery in the outside compartment. It's a wet cell, and just as soon get away from t...
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2oldman wrote:
There is no single 6v battery in his treatise.
Right you are.
When taking a more in-depth look: Each cell of the six cells within two 6V batteries in series must pass 8 amps for the series string to put out 8 amps ... while each of the twelve cells within two 12V batteries in parallel must pass only 4 amps for the parallel string to put out 8 amps.
I think I stand by my assertion that 6V battery cells must have thicker plates than the equivalent power 12V battery cells in order for the 6V battery cells to last as long as the 12V battery cells.
Draw a diagram of both configurations - include showing the individual cells in each battery - to see what I'm talking about. It's pretty obvious when looking at a diagram.
Hence, 6V volt RV batteries may not be "better" than 12V RV batteries merely because the 6V battery plates happen to contain more mass.
