House Batteries Boondocking

[twinboat]

Originally Posted by oldguy70

Do you only have two 6 volt batteries. It would be a good idea to use a 6 volt charger and
have both batteries charged the same.

Why would you do that ?

A 6 volt battery is 3 cells in series. A 12 volt battery is 6 cells in series.
Place 2, 6 volt batteries in series and you have 6 cells in series and A total of 12 volts.

Us a 12 volt charger and the 6 cells will charge evenly.

[drive805]

i have 2 by the door and 4 added on in compartment behind propane tank , so 6 total

[JFNM]

Originally Posted by drive805

ok so looks like consensus is. battery monitor,
could anyone steer me in a good direction on one ?

TriMetric TM-2030-RV is very good and very configurable though not everyone is a geek (like me) and enjoys that type of thing. The Victron BMV-700 is simple and does the job.

In any case, one that uses a shunt at the battery to measure the flow into/out of the battery bank is required.

[Sbrownstein]

Originally Posted by JFNM

TriMetric TM-2030-RV is very good and very configurable though not everyone is a geek (like me) and enjoys that type of thing. The Victron BMV-700 is simple and does the job.

In any case, one that uses a shunt at the battery to measure the flow into/out of the battery bank is required.

X2 on the 2030. Victron is good as well. Matter of personal preference.

[oldguy70]

If one of the six volt batteries is lower than the other it will stay lower. The 6 volt charging
is just a one time thing to have the batteries be the same.