12V Replacement Battery Suggestions

midnightsadie wrote:
buy the biggest deep cycle marine battery you have room for.

Nope, not this person's need.

I had bought a Walmart special a year after getting my hybrid, it came stock with an Interstate, both were still working 7 years later. The only difference I noticed other then a slight Ah edge to the Interstate was the Walmart required a good deal more maintenance, requiring more frequent water additions. The caps on the Interstate fit much tighter then the WM. If you are decent at checking it, go for the cheaper one.

If you're never using battery power a 12v sealed motorcycle or lawn tractor battery will be enough to power the brakes in the miniscule chance of a trailer break away.

We typically camp where AC power is available but have been on some very nice non-electric state park sites where lots of amp hours are nice to have. Folks who refuse to "dry camp" miss some very nice sites.

-- Chuck

Hi,

Buy the cheapest maintenance free sealed battery you can find.

Original batteries are often just a group 24 marine/deep and can be bought at Sams club, wal mart, cost co etc.

Buy the cheapest 12 volt battery you can find. No sense to pay for amp hours that you will not use. Since you are not dry camping you don't need capacity. Good luck.

Always have used Interstate Batteries with no problems.
As midnightsadie said, keep em clean and keep em charged.

buy the biggest deep cycle marine battery you have room for. I use interstate batteries in my boats and MH no problems. remember you do have to take care of batteries , even though some say maint free a good cleaning and charge are needed .