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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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Whats with the Watts? Most RVs use 12 volts - don't know of many that use 8, 6, or
2, volt systems.
David ... draw a simple diagram of two 6V batteries in series and two 12V batteries in parallel.
You'll then easily see that each 6V plate needs to carry twice the current that each 12V plate needs to carry, hence more mass is needed in 6V battery plates if they're going to last as long as 12V battery plates.
That is ... if you agree that current flow over time is related to battery plate erosion rates in flooded lead acid batteries.
