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[Bellbear]

Need two batteries...any thoughts on good ones that can hold decent charge from solar without breaking the bank?

 

[ardvark]

Not a lot of responses to this. I am not one to spend a lot of time thinking about batteries. I went to Sam's Club and got their AGM deep cycles a couple of years ago and they seem to be doing fine. I don't like to mess with flooded cells so they don't come onto my radar screen.

 

[smlobx]

Bellbear if yours is like mine you have two 6 volt deep cycle (golf cart) batteries that are about 225 AH.

You can buy these for reasonable prices at places like Sam's Club or Batteries Plus.

 

[JaSAn]

If you can handle the minimal maintenance requirements of FLA you cannot find a better value than the 6V GC2s from Sam's Club or Batteries Plus, ~ $90 each. Mine are on their 4th year and still hold 6.3V and 1.275 specific gravity.

jim

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

COSTCO.

 

[Bellbear]

Jim....on the 6 volt don't you have to rig up a specific way to wire them other than the standard + - connectors on 12v ?

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

You have to wire 6 VDC batteries in series.

https://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-bank-tutorial.html