Battery Question

[cruzbill]

Brulaz has a point-If you can stand the hit to your pockebook from the lithiums, I think you can make it work. Maybe you can use your lithium in such a way that you don't have to charge in the cold? Bring 'em in the house (or garage) to charge, then use them-they are so much lighter and hold a charge better and longer. The only thing that's keeping me from lithium is the price.........

[Blackbelle]

Keymastr, How do you like their performance, I'm am looking for batteries that will do well in Boondocking situations

[brulaz]

Originally Posted by GoLeafsGo

What are people's opinions of these?

GPL-4CT - Lifeline Batteries

My soon-to-be-here trailer has a 4 battery tray and 320W of rooftop solar. I was thinking of getting 4 of these but that's an extra 264 lbs. on the tongue...

I'm still debating lithium batteries but they seem like they require a lot of monitoring.

Lifeline AGMs have a very good reputation. They are not cheap however, and you will want to charge them properly according to manufacturer's specs.

Also like all lead acid batteries, AGMs do like to be fully charged on a regular basis. Frequent partial charges will harm them. With a flooded lead acid you can equalize it at high voltage to repair the sulphation from partial charges, but that's not possible with AGMs.

I'm currently using 4 cheap flooded GC2s (Duracell and USBattery) on the trailer tongue. They can be abused, equalized, and then replaced when necessary. And if they're stolen (one has been), it's no big loss.

Someday LiFePO4 might appear inside the trailer. But I'm learning and experimenting with the cheap batteries.

4 of those Interstate Costco GC2s would be good place to start.

[Onthehunt49]

does anyone know who makes Centennial 6 volt deep cycle batteries ?

[brulaz]

Originally Posted by Onthehunt49

does anyone know who makes Centennial 6 volt deep cycle batteries ?

Trojan apparently.

But manufacturers will build off-brands to whatever design specs they are given, so there's no guarantee of quality.

Haven't heard anything about Centennials.