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04-30-2018, 06:06 PM
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A rant about dealers and house batteries.
Hi,
From what I gather 6volt gc2 golf cart batteries in pairs are the best to use in a RV. Also if a battery has a CCA on the label its a starting battery.
I am purchasing a Itasca Latitude class A and the batteries are the green ones in the photo. I was concerned the batteries are toast so the dealer said they would change them out for the black batteries in the pics.
I have told the dealer if the batteries are toast to not swap them and give me a credit toward the batteries. I would then go to Sam's and get GC2's for 85$ a pop.
Also the dealer said that I could have an issue using 6 volt batteries, I thought this was not accurate.
Why do dealers use non gc2?
Thanks,
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04-30-2018, 06:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1stMH
Hi,
From what I gather 6volt gc2 golf cart batteries in pairs are the best to use in a RV. Also if a battery has a CCA on the label its a starting battery.
I am purchasing a Itasca Latitude class A and the batteries are the green ones in the photo. I was concerned the batteries are toast so the dealer said they would change them out for the black batteries in the pics.
I have told the dealer if the batteries are toast to not swap them and give me a credit toward the batteries. I would then go to Sam's and get GC2's for 85$ a pop.
Also the dealer said that I could have an issue using 6 volt batteries, I thought this was not accurate.
Why do dealers use non gc2?
Thanks,
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They probably get the 12 volt batteries at a deep discount.
What do the say about the MHs that come with 6 volt battery banks ?
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04-30-2018, 06:28 PM
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He said something about a special way to wire them. I told him I understood how it worked as already have two gc2's in the coach I am trading in.
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04-30-2018, 06:32 PM
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That particular dealer probably does not know that 2 6v's are a better way to store power.
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04-30-2018, 06:35 PM
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It did not instill much confidence in me.
I will see what the Techs say during the PDI.
I put the thread up to sanity check myself :-)
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04-30-2018, 06:37 PM
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Anytime it says marine it’s a combo starter/ deep cycle and like most combos it does neither well
Most people, unlike you, don’t know the difference and see marine / RV and think “I got RV batteries” and for a small RV that a single battery source does both starting duties and lights etc that may be ok
I second the opinion they get them cheap and in bulk and use them in everything
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04-30-2018, 06:37 PM
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The green battery is a 12 volt battery, so they want to replace it with another 12 volt battery.
To replace it with two six volt batteries would require extra cables, which I presume the dealer doesn't want to spend the money on (which makes sense to me).
Keep trying to talk them into giving you a credit so you can get what you want.
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04-30-2018, 06:43 PM
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Hi Bill,
Its good to know I am not going nuts :-)
Hi Podivin,
I will hit them up for a credit.
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04-30-2018, 06:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1stMH
It did not instill much confidence in me.
I will see what the Techs say during the PDI.
I put the thread up to sanity check myself :-)
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Ask the dealer, what kind of batteries are in his RV
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04-30-2018, 07:16 PM
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Probably a bank of AA's :-)
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05-01-2018, 07:25 AM
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Geeze, tell him you will provide the wiring, it's not much $ for that.
Also be careful with what you ask for, I checked the two 6v T-105's in my coach before I bought it, both were bone dry. I asked for them to replace them and they agreed. I ass-umed that I would get two new T-105's....nope, when I picked up the rig it had new T-605's which are slightly lower in capacity/rating than 105's. My bad, lesson learned.
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05-01-2018, 08:37 AM
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Yes, I could get cabling very cheap.
I emailed them and if the batteries need replacing they will give me store credit. They will also do the same for the TV if its not working.
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05-01-2018, 08:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1stMH
Yes, I could get cabling very cheap.
I emailed them and if the batteries need replacing they will give me store credit. They will also do the same for the TV if its not working.
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Problem with stire credit us you have to use it to buy at the dealers high / inflated prices. Dealer wants to give you store credit because it costs them less.
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05-01-2018, 09:24 AM
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To parallel 12volt you need 2cables + to + and - to -. On 6 volt series you need 1 cable + to -. This is for two batteries. You need less cabling to do series than parallel.
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