JeffWright
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Hey guys,
A friend upgraded his 12volt system recently to a 6 volt system and offered to give me his two almost new deep cycle 12v 100wh batteries.
I have a 75wh AGM that's about a year old. I've got a 3 way fridge that I only run on battery when I'm traveling. If I am running errands on the way out of town and leave the fridge on battery for more than an hour or two in the parking lot I get into dangerous voltage territory and my isolator won't charge it. I've showed up to a campsite after driving for a couple hours and started my trip at 50% voltage.
I know it's my fault for not switching to propane every chance I can get but I'd really like to take some of the user error out of the equation so I'd like to add more watt hours. I priced adding another 75 wh AGM and it was about $250 for the one I already have (I know you are supposed to buy them at the same time but mine is only a year old so I am not worrying about it).
I know AGM batteries are much less of a pain in the ass but what would the drawbacks be of using the deep cycle batteries other than maintenance? My system is located under my rollover couch. Would I need something like this for venting:
http://www.adventurerv.net/vented-battery-box-large-white-p-4085.html?gclid=CN-X1-DmjM8CFQZufgodSBoA0w&utm_campaign=partsfeed_ppc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=Froogle
Right now I have more time than money so I'd rather go cheaper and have more money for adventuring.
Thanks!
A friend upgraded his 12volt system recently to a 6 volt system and offered to give me his two almost new deep cycle 12v 100wh batteries.
I have a 75wh AGM that's about a year old. I've got a 3 way fridge that I only run on battery when I'm traveling. If I am running errands on the way out of town and leave the fridge on battery for more than an hour or two in the parking lot I get into dangerous voltage territory and my isolator won't charge it. I've showed up to a campsite after driving for a couple hours and started my trip at 50% voltage.
I know it's my fault for not switching to propane every chance I can get but I'd really like to take some of the user error out of the equation so I'd like to add more watt hours. I priced adding another 75 wh AGM and it was about $250 for the one I already have (I know you are supposed to buy them at the same time but mine is only a year old so I am not worrying about it).
I know AGM batteries are much less of a pain in the ass but what would the drawbacks be of using the deep cycle batteries other than maintenance? My system is located under my rollover couch. Would I need something like this for venting:
http://www.adventurerv.net/vented-battery-box-large-white-p-4085.html?gclid=CN-X1-DmjM8CFQZufgodSBoA0w&utm_campaign=partsfeed_ppc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=Froogle
Right now I have more time than money so I'd rather go cheaper and have more money for adventuring.
Thanks!