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.
Racerguy said
06:42 PM Mar 3, 2010
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.
Terry and Jo said
07:23 PM Mar 3, 2010
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.
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010 07:27:35 PM
Luvglass said
09:20 PM Mar 3, 2010
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.
danielhenry31 said
01:49 AM Jun 29, 2010
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.
The Bear II said
01:09 PM Jun 29, 2010
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.
JG said
01:09 PM Jul 2, 2010
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?
igotjam said
08:44 PM Jul 2, 2010
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
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.
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
-- Edited by igotjam on Friday 2nd of July 2010 08:46:30 PM