Garth466
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I have room for two batteries but there is only one there. It is dead so I have to replce it. Is there much of a need to keep two there? What do folks find to be the best battery for a camper?
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mike9121
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If you parallel two you will get twice the capacity. The best in my opinion is optima. I'm sure others have opinions on this but it will really depend on how much you are willing to spend.
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downtheroad
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If you camp a lot in places without electric hook-ups than 2 batteries is a good idea... If you camp most always with hook-ups than 1 batt. will be just fine.
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Garth466
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I'm w/o hook ups most of the time. With my fox, I'd go a couple days w/o worrying about it even in the winter. I'd just fire the truck up and let it run at 1500 RPM for a while and the indicator would say it was charged again.
I was just wondering if I could do as well with one bad boy instead of two mediocres.
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SemperFiCop
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As the other posters stated,
Two is better than one...
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Wrasle Castle
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I camp in places with hookups and with out. I have 2 group 29s and the have served me well while bondocking. At hookup places its not an issue what batteries I have.
Matter of fact I went to a CG this weekend that had electrical hook ups but it was an older CG an the power was low so I switched everything back to LP. Glad I had the 2 batteries.
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Mexray
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If you have room for two batteries...install two. If you ever camp off the grid where it's cool, you'll need those two batteries to keep the heater's motor running all night!
With 12 volt Deep Cycle batteries, you will be hooking them up in PARALLEL - Pos to POS, and Neg to Neg. You will then keep the voltage at 12 volts, and have twice the available Amp Hours of a single battery.
If you do a lot of boondocking, and your battery area allows for taller batteries...you might be able to install two of the 6 Volt Deep Cycle, Golf Car type for additional Amp Hours. In this case, you would hook the 6 Volt batteries in SERIES, which gives you twice the voltage (12 Volts), but the Amp Hour rating remains the same as a single battery.
I don't think you can ever have enough batteries...as long as you have a way to recharge them in a timely manner so they give you years of service.
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Garth466
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Well, I think two it will be.
Speaking of batteries, I haven't located the turn off. Might it not have one? The camper is a 96 Western Wilderness Raineer 10.9.
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Harleybullet
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You can always carry a small generator either 1000 to recharge or 2ooo to run stuff... they are as light as the battery.
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Wrasle Castle
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I have an old 500w Honda. It runs great. I guess I could charge the batteries with it but not much else. Doesn't use much gas and is real quiet.
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