How many amp-hours?
Hi! I would like your opinions. I have an ATC Panther (pop-up TC) that we are building out. The TC came with a 79 amp-hr battery, which we found to be insufficient. So what does our rig warrant in ter...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Aren't lithium batteries like $1000 a piece?
Personally I don't think you can count on solar panels for several days of camping. YOU NEED BACKUP GENERATOR.
Having generator and I bought 1000W inverter generator for $150 at HD, you can carry less batteries. End of the story.
Say what?! Yea, that's cost prohibitive. :( No can do a gennie at this point; we are maxxed out on our payload. And really have nowhere to put it either. But we are definitely trying to figure it out as we have two 2000i Yamaha gennies that we bought for our TC years ago. I was also trying to figure out Air Conditioning, but it seems at 40lbs and taking up a pretty sizeable footprint (we'd need a portable one), that's a no-go as well. Ugh.
NRALIFR wrote:
There’s no such thing as too many amp-hours.
My question would be, what are the dimensions of your battery compartment and go from there, filling it with the most deep cycle amp hours your wallet can stand. Consider all battery types; 6v, 12v, flooded, AGM, and even lithium if you can afford them.
You should ensure you have a battery charger that supports the type of battery you choose as well
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Ok, good idea about the different batteries. We don't have experience with anything but the 12V Deep Cycle, so this is new territory. Our battery compartment isn't a compartment as we bought the shell model, so we are building as we go and as we need to. So size is a consideration but not a deal-breaker. Thank you!
