Battery Theft and replacement questions
So on New Years Eve or Day, we're not sure yet, on of our 2 batteries was stolen from my Jayco while it was in storage. They cut the strap, and the wires, and just lifted it out, leaving behind the ot...
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nineoaks2004 wrote:
I would buy 2 batteries, if #2 is the least bit weak the weak one will tend to drain the new one.
Unless the old battery is really in bad shape or old, most people don't need to worry about that BS. If the old still holds a full charge, even if it's a different group size and age, the possible detrimental effects on the new are so minimal, you would have to do a scientific ANALysis to see it. Just the same is the parallel connection arrangement, either each lead to the + on one and the - on the other, or vice versa. Both are good practice but not the end of the world or the batteries.
IMO it's A lot of internet fodder by people who have nothing better to do than sit around in RV's taking voltage measurements. The vast majority of people with RVs who have added a 2nd battery never visit one of these forums or anything else. They add it and use it. Do they get a little less lifetime out of one or the other or both........maybe?
I once had a trailer that came from the dealer with a no name Chinese group 24 battery which I added a group 27 Interstate to the 2nd year. I used it for two seasons afterwards then sold it. The buyer, whom I work with, is still using those same two batteries and does mostly dry camping, way more than we ever did. They're now over 6 years old if not 7.
