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mward3


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Fellow RVers,

I find that I am in need of a new 12V battery for the trailer.  It has been a long time since I have purchased one and was wondering what brands (interstate, die hard, and etc) of batteries you have had good performance with lately.  I just would like to make sure I spend my dollars wisely.

Thank you and have a great day.

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Don't know how much room you have but when my 12 volt dies it will be replaced by 2 6volt ,deep cell, Trojan batteries.

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In case this is helpful, it is a link to an article about RV battery life expectancy.  Basically, it talks of deep-cycle batteries.  However, it doesn't spell out a brand name of any kind.

The second link is to another article talking of getting a "true deep-cycle" battery instead of the normal RV/marine type batteries.

Good luck in your looking.

Terry

http://ezinearticles.com/?RV-Battery-Life-Expectancy&id=171760

http://www.rversonline.org/04LOWBatteries.html



-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010 07:27:35 PM

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How careful you have to be in choosing a replacement, has a lot to do with how often you expect to boondock and therefor how hard you will be using the batteries.

We don't boondock often and our Interstate 6 volts are still good after 4 years of fulltiming. Definitely think of 2 deep cycle 6's rather than a single 12 if you have the room.

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You must have to be very careful when choosing the replacement battery because earlier when I got the replacement battery fully packed but dead.I put it for charging it for 2 hours and it showed me fully charged but after an hour it got discharged.But luckily I got it replaced by the new one which is good.

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I've had good luck with Die Hards. I tried the ones Walmart carry and seemed to have to replace every 2 years. The Die Hards will go 4 years plus. I get the marine/rv deep cycle with the highest rated cranking amps and reserve minutes available in the size I need.

Like others, my next replacement will be to go with 6 volt AGM batteries.

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Question: Would there be any damage to the 6-volt deep cycle golf cart batteries caused by
the high current demand on starting of the on-board generator? Can a pair of 6 volts in series
handle starting without damage, or shorting the life of the batteries?

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JG my genie starts great with my 2 6v deep cycles. (onan 5500....batteries are Trojan...T-105 I think)

-- Edited by igotjam on Friday 2nd of July 2010 08:46:30 PM

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