Battery replacemnet help
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Topic: Battery replacemnet help
Posted By: Pod People
Subject: Battery replacemnet help
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2020 at 9:47pm
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I need help for a friend that has a tab320. she has a single 12v battery that needs to be replaced. since I have 2 GC-6volts, I'm not current on which is the best 12v battery . She does about 1/2-1/2 powered campgrounds and boondocking for a couple of nights. she has a 30 amp service, a Renogy 100 watt suitcase and is not a power hog and currently has an Interstate 550 cranking amp battery that is dying. thanks for your help Vann ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9"> 
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2020 at 10:44pm
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Cold Cranking amps is not the figure to look at. That is a measure of how fast a battery can put out power. What is needed is a 20 hour rating. That is a better measure of how much power a battery can store and release. Here is a link to batteries she could consider: https://www.batteriesplus.com/battery/rv/deep-cycle/12 - https://www.batteriesplus.com/battery/rv/deep-cycle/12 ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:11am
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+1 The batteries needed for an RV should be deep cycle batteries, and the comparisons will be in 20 (or 24) hour amp-hour ratings. ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:50am
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You might want to find a 12v flooded golf cart battery rather than a marine deep cycle battery. Marine batteries are a compromise between a deep cycle and a starting battery because they need to perform both functions, so they aren’t generally able to handle as many deep cycles as a golf cart battery will. I think Trojan makes a line of 12V golf cart batteries, among other brands. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |